picture of sin

Sina’s PKM

Maximize time on platform

Goal of naive or evil organizations training ML to boost metrics.

Disastrous effect: YouTube radicalization pipeline.
Bad effect: Netflix algorithm marginalizes niche or artisitc films. See Catered to Your Future Self.

Eventual effect: infinite jest (death by entertainment)

Good effect: None.

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recommendation takeover
[ Category - Essays ][ TODO - Expand ] Any widely spread enough recommendation algorithm, if used enough, will stop catering to the user's taste and start shaping their taste instead

Catered to Your Future Self
[ Film analysis ] Paper: Catered to Your Future Self: Netflix’s “Predictive Personalization” and the Mathematization of Taste Author: Neta Alexander Discussion on taste

good hygiene habits
[ Category - Philosophy ][ Category - Essays ] Hygiene is the art of perserving good health through habits

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