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I found that idea interesting. Will we consider it the norm in the future to have a "firewall" layer between news and ourselves?

I once wrote a short story where the protagonist was receiving news of the death of a friend but it was intercepted by its AI assistant that said "when you will have time, there is an emotional news that does not require urgent action that you will need to digest". I feel it could become the norm.

EDIT: For context, Karpathy is a very famous deep learning researcher who just came back from a 2-weeks break from internet. I think he does not talks about politics there but it applies quite a bit.

EDIT2: I find it interesting that many reactions here are (IMO) missing the point. This is not about shielding one from information that one may be uncomfortable with but with tweets especially designed to elicit reactions, which is kind of becoming a plague on twitter due to their new incentives. It is to make the difference between presenting news in a neutral way and as "incredibly atrocious crime done to CHILDREN and you are a monster for not caring!". The second one does feel a lot like exploit of emotional backdoors in my opinion.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I am bewildered that so many people contrive this as suggesting it should be a government or a company deciding what to show you. Obviously any kind of firewall/filter ought to be optional and user controlled!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In fairness social media already has a problem with creating an echo chamber that serves only to reinforce and exaggerate your existing world view. I think to some extent exposure to perspectives other than one's own is important and healthy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yes but if that perspective has been tailored to make me anxious or angry, I don't need it. I don't mind the filter telling me "that racist is making some good points but is doing it while insulting everyone and pushing antisemitic conspiracy theories" is not something I feel like I need to engage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Oh, then in that case I agree with you. I have a block and filter list a mile long for Lemmy, and a bunch of shit still slips through.