You-tube is one of my daily stops on the information super-highway.
For those who are not aware, You-tube has an algorithm that selects the videos that it presents on your home-page. It picks the types and where it positions them, top of page versus buried way down the page.
The algorithm bases its selections on your previous viewing history...what did you open and how long did you watch it. I believe it also has access to your other activities in the Alphabet universe, Google, G-maps, Gmail, non-Gmail accounts hosted on Alphabet hardware/platforms, Alphabet hosted advertising.
I think there is a "people like you" component where my previous choices put me on some kind of map. The algorithm notices what the people who are close to me on the map are watching and it enriches my feed with their selections.
It is also technically possible that it is harvesting data from your microphone via voice-to-text, real-time processing.
Since Alphabet is a publicly traded company, the You-tube feed is likely to place "paid content" high on the page.
Has anybody else noticed?
Over the last month, the quality of my You-tube feed turned to trash.
About a quarter of the content is AI generated content and it is total dreck. Does anybody know if YT offers a NO-AI content filter?
Another quarter are snips of obscure movies and TV shows.
The remaining half pounds on one of three themes.
- Republicans are Narcissists
- Democrats are Psychopaths
- Women are both
The weaponization of video streaming
Video is a very vivid media. We mentally place ourselves in the story. We wince when somebody is punched. Our cajones try to crawl up in our bodies when the kid riding the trick bike takes a bad fall. The primitive part of our brain is not able to process that it didn't happen to us.
Video streaming platforms have the potential to be weaponized
Most people are unaware, or unwilling to admit, that we ARE in the midst of a giant psy-op? It could be argued its been that way since Operation Mockingbird in the 1940s. There is hardly anyone even alive today, who has not been victimized by it. I grew up watching and trusting Dan Rather, Walter Cronkite... both CIA operatives. What takes place today with AI and algorithmic operations is orders of magnitude greater than simply bribing a newscaster and some TV editors.
ReplyDelete5G warfare enters the chat. One needs harsh discernment and a scriptural anchor to judge the messages thrown at you in all electronic media.
ReplyDeleteWhen I hear God is in control, I remember He was in control when Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and sent the Jews into slavery until they repented (over several GENERATIONS) and returned to Him.
God was in control when Berlin fell although perhaps from the German side, they felt abandoned when Communism took over.
And so on. Revelations was written for a reason, but we don't know God's schedule.
Protect your hearts and minds. Spend more time in the Word than social media.
Pray for wisdom, He will give it.