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[QUOTE="Ygggdrasil, post: 5885799, member: 124113"] This is what happens when you allow algorithms, not people, to curate your news. Google's algorithms have also featured [URL='http://www.wnyc.org/story/google-top-stories-featured-false-news-about-rumored-antifa-civil-war/']misinformation about the Vegas shooter [/URL]in its top search results. For more in depth discussion of the shortcomings of leaving decision making to algorithms see: [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/aug/08/rise-of-the-racist-robots-how-ai-is-learning-all-our-worst-impulses[/URL] [URL]https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/10/google-and-facebook-have-failed-us/541794/[/URL] For more reliable, human-curated science news see sites such as: [URL]http://www.sciencemag.org/news/latest-news[/URL] [URL]https://www.nature.com/news/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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