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AI, Social Media & Algorithms - Coggle Diagram
AI, Social Media & Algorithms
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ALGORITHMS
Recommendation Systems: "For You" pages to predict users' interests, recommendations and how they influence info consumption
Personalization
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preferences based on behavioral data, personalized feeds and how they create filter bubbles
Data Collection: tracking of user behavior through advertising, usage of data for everything, digital profiles
SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS
Mental Health: social comparison affects self-awareness, the phenomenon of "FOMO" and how it shapes social behavior
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INFLUENCE ON POLITICS
Political Influence
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how social media becomes central to election campaigns (e.g. US Presidential elections in 2024) and how it influences people's decisions
Misinformation: deepfakes, AI generation of false information, the ultra-fast spread of information (faster than fact-checking)
Polarization: introduction of the idea of "Filter Bubbles" (Eli Pariser), echo chambers that reinforce certain beliefs
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
AI Consumption of Energy
The use of large computational resources, i.e. electricity, carbon emissions, water
How this affects environment, what can society do to slow this process down?
Resources and Infrastructure: how digital devices and technology rely on earth minerals, global supply chains, and massive server farms - how does this affect humanity's work and wellbeing?
Sustainability
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The question of how to be more sustainable in a world where living without technologies is impossible
CULTURE
Memes - a form of political communication, internet humor is dominant, viral content becomes global and extremely influental
Trends
Trend cycles influence viral content, which turns into cultural power (e.g. politicians also participating in trends, teenagers are influenced by them)
Influencers have immense power in influencing the youth, and not only
Impact on Creativity
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The problem with Generative AI - in social media, music, creative apps; there is no way to differentiate AI from real art
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