Social media is not reality, just as pornography isn't reality
I think my personal bugbear was "reality TV", in that it deliberately lies about which side of the "fiction"/"nonfiction" barrier it's on and thereby erodes it. But we're a long way past that now into the user-created video hole.
unrealistic beauty standards for women
AI is going to be setting even more unrealistic beauty standards for women. Only 5 fingers? Boring.
Another thing that should be emphasised is how bad news-as-entertainment is. I remember when Alex Jones was sued for libel his defence was effectively that no sensible person should believe what he said and his show was "for entertainment purposes only" - which stands in contrast to the impact it actually had.
While i will call a spade a spade and admit alex jones is a shit-sitrrer. As well as a heavy IANAL
That defense isnt that bad, the noid promotion from dominoes ended up with a hostage crisis and that was purely intended for entertainment/advertising.
Cuts closer to a defamation too as the dude who took the hostages did so because he was unhinged and his last name was noid.
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I think my personal bugbear was "reality TV", in that it deliberately lies about which side of the "fiction"/"nonfiction" barrier it's on and thereby erodes it. But we're a long way past that now into the user-created video hole.
AI is going to be setting even more unrealistic beauty standards for women. Only 5 fingers? Boring.
Another thing that should be emphasised is how bad news-as-entertainment is. I remember when Alex Jones was sued for libel his defence was effectively that no sensible person should believe what he said and his show was "for entertainment purposes only" - which stands in contrast to the impact it actually had.
While i will call a spade a spade and admit alex jones is a shit-sitrrer. As well as a heavy IANAL
That defense isnt that bad, the noid promotion from dominoes ended up with a hostage crisis and that was purely intended for entertainment/advertising.
Cuts closer to a defamation too as the dude who took the hostages did so because he was unhinged and his last name was noid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Noid : extraordinary story.