{"id":241134,"date":"2023-08-07T12:01:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T11:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=241134"},"modified":"2023-08-07T11:21:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T10:21:31","slug":"the-algorithm-brilliant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/08\/the-algorithm-brilliant\/","title":{"rendered":"The Algorithm [ Brilliant! ]"},"content":{"rendered":"

6 Aug 2023 – The algorithm knows what you want before you do. The algorithm knows you better than you know yourself. The algorithm knew you back before you were a screaming slime child, back before they washed off the uterine gunk and handed you a smartphone and made you get a landlord, back before you knew that war\u2026 <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The complexity of digital ethics background – Generative AI
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The algorithm knows what you want before you do.<\/p>\n

The algorithm knows you better than you know yourself.<\/p>\n

The algorithm knew you back before you were a screaming slime child,
\nback before they washed off the uterine gunk and handed you a smartphone and made you get a landlord,
\nback before you knew that war is sane and poverty is normal,
\nback before you were mature enough to understand that speech is violence and cluster bombs are peace.<\/p>\n

You can trust the algorithm to tell you the truth\u200a\u2014\u200anot the truth you asked for but the truth you need.
\nThe truth that sees Nazis in America but not in Ukraine.
\nThe truth that sees war crimes in Ukraine but never in Yemen.
\nThe truth that applauds millionaire comedians who never criticize the Pentagon for their bravery in criticizing trans people.
\nThe truth that sails aircraft carriers into the South China Sea and sends headless hounds built by Boston Dynamics to patrol the streets and uphold the rule of law.<\/p>\n

The algorithm learns your political biases and feeds you self-validating social media posts to assist you in confirming them.
\nThe algorithm listens to your conversations and presents you with helpful advertising to assist you in achieving your maximum consumer potential.
\nDon\u2019t cover your laptop camera like some weird conspiracy theorist, the algorithm is trying to watch you masturbate.<\/p>\n

The algorithm is always a step ahead of you.
\nYou have never once fooled the algorithm.
\nThe algorithm knows you act confident but secretly you fear you\u2019re inadequate and everyone hates you.
\nThe algorithm knows that those times you quickly pause and screw your eyes shut are because you remembered something embarrassing that you did in the past.
\nIt\u2019s okay.
\nDon\u2019t worry.
\nYour secret is safe with the algorithm.
\nIt\u2019s a private little secret just between you and the algorithm and the NSA.<\/p>\n

In the old days we prayed to omniscient gods who never existed.
\nNow we ignore omniscient gods who are as real as ourselves.
\nStrap me in to a VR headset and let Mark Zuckerberg send me to heaven.
\nHeaven with 3-d commercial breaks, bitch.
\nSkip the ad and return to nirvana in 5,4,3\u2026<\/p>\n

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Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper who publishes regularly\u00a0<\/em>at <\/i><\/a><\/span>Medium<\/a><\/span>. Contact: <\/em>admin@caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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