If you care about technology and democracy, stop what you are doing right now and read this epic @techreview piece by @_KarenHao. She reports Facebook's "AI algorithms gave it an insatiable habit for lies and hate speech. Now the man who built them can't fix the problem."
https://twitter.com/glichfield/status/1369999736279871497
This piece is replete with inside perspective that confirms what many have feared- a company unfixable, unwilling and unable to confront the original sin at the core of its business model. And here is a man, the head of Responsible AI, unable to escape that reality. 
.@_KarenHao one of the most important details in this piece may be this. Not only that no team is working on this problem, but that the backstop argument at Facebook is ultimately to argue it is a scapegoat. (1)
.@_KarenHao @glichfield the other prominent AI leader also believes Facebook is "an easy target for scapegoating" and maintains there is no evidence of the platform's role in spreading disinformation.
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