How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to 'win the narrative battle online' (The Guardian)

[hunter]

1. Most roads on the internet lead to the sewers.

I wouldn't even be on the internet if I couldn't blacklist 99% of it.

It's not so much that I never want to watch or listen to that shit; it's that I don't want that shit watching me. It's all too Orwellian.

You'll never see me walking along like a zombie staring at a smart phone. I don't have a smart phone.

When I walk I like to watch and listen to the world around me. I've never listened to a podcast or streamed music. I don't have any earbuds or headphones.

I've played with AI a bit but it didn't keep my attention. It's 99% shit because 90% of the stuff it was trained on is shit. Some guy prompts an AI to write a country song about the girl who left him. That song is shit. Then he posts a naked picture of her. She never allowed him to take a naked picture of her, but there are AI apps for that. That guy is a shit.

Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Satya Nadella and more, can all go fuck off in their cozy little bubbles. They are not making the world a better place. History will not remember them kindly, if indeed this civilization survives long enough to have a history.