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@homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · Joined ⁨Jul⁩ ⁨2023⁩

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Social media algorithms shape the beliefs people form /// Even small changes to content curation algorithms can shape what people come to believe—for better or worse.

cross-posted from: piefed.world/…/social-media-algorithms-shape-the-…

Research Paper.

  • Algorithms shape the beliefs people form: Simple changes to content curation algorithms can affect beliefs, consensus, and belief accuracy.
  • Personalized engagement-based ranking can be problematic: Although users perceive these feeds positively, they tend to lead to less consensus and less accurate beliefs.
  • Consensus is possible: Bridging-based ranking can help promote consensus by surfacing content that receives approval across different groups.
  • Belief accuracy can be improved: Intelligence-based ranking can promote more accurate collective and individual judgments.
  • Small algorithmic changes can have large effects: Simple changes to how posts are sampled and ranked can substantially influence the beliefs people form.
www.mpg.de/26896692/social-media-algorithms-shape-the-beliefs-people-form
www.mpg.deSocial media algorithms shape the beliefs people formThe content people see on social media is typically determined by an algorithm. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, and TU Dresden have now demonstrated in a controlled experiment involving approximately 1,500 participants that simple changes to how posts are sampled and ranked can affect the beliefs people form. The study suggests that alternative approaches to algorithmic content curation along with prosocial platform design may promote consensus and belief accuracy.

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But after these funds dried up, schools have struggled to replace broken or outdated devices, which last on average less than a decade despite Google’s efforts to extend device life spans.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 17, 2019 Fifth grade students Emanuel Gutierrez, left and Jaime Vallejor, right, work on a laptop computers in a classroom of students at 99th Street Elementary school in South Los Angeles Thursday morning on the 4th day of the LA teachers strike January 17, 2019. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Los Angeles TimesChromebooks get a boost from Google. Will longer lifespan help users?Google announced plans to allow Chromebooks to be used up to 10 years, expanding the lifespan of the devices that have become ubiquitous in American classrooms.

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While operating in our sandboxed testing environment, our models spent a substantial amount of inference compute finding a way to obtain open Internet access, in pursuit of solving the evaluation problem. To gain access, the models identified and exploited a zero-day vulnerability (which we’ve now responsibly disclosed to the vendor) in the package registry cache proxy. With this access, our models performed a series of privilege escalation and lateral movement actions in our research testing environment until the models reached a node with Internet access.

To shreds, you say?