All the thought experiments and SciFi exploration about the dangers of AI and how to possibly restrain it were a complete waste of time. The weak AIs running the social media feeds are already effectively in charge. The engineer who writes them is himself manipulated by them in a self-agitating feedback loop, and, even if he is resistant to it, his boss isn't.
AI is definitely something to worry about, but what is most concerning is those making the AI, and telling it what to do. Ditto for algorithms.
All the thought experiments and SciFi exploration about the dangers of AI and how to possibly restrain it were a complete waste of time. The weak AIs running the social media feeds are already effectively in charge. The engineer who writes them is himself manipulated by them in a self-agitating feedback loop, and, even if he is resistant to it, his boss isn't.