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New Algorithm Optimizes For Belief Rather Than Accuracy, Citing Profit Margins

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[–] DBNinja@lemm.ee 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ate the onion (¿ǝqʎɐɯ pǝɥɔʇᴉlƃ ɹo)

[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Damn. This article is so well crafted that I legitimately thought Google was being Google

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

You honestly read the article and still felt that way?

Excerpt:

The algorithm, trained exclusively on Reddit upvotes and Twitter ratio statistics, has achieved record-high user satisfaction scores.

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 3 points 6 months ago

Unfortunately, I can see that happen, alas sad times are these .