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Uncle Joe

(58,519 posts) Tue Dec 5, 2023, 02:55 PM Dec 2023

Al Gore says social media algorithms are like AR-15s

"These algorithms, they are the digital equivalent of AR-15s, they ought to be banned"

Former US Vice President Al Gore talks about the "artificial insanity" found in social media echo chambers. He speaks to Bloomberg at the COP28 summit in Dubai.