Does YouTube create extremists? A recent study caused arguments among scientists by arguing that the algorithms that power the site don’t help radicalize people by recommending ever more extreme ...
Over the years, the YouTube suggestion algorithm has become pretty complex. I’ve noticed that it can extrapolate my tastes very well based on my watch history, continuously tempting me to consume more ...
The earth is actually flat! 9/11 was an inside job! YouTube was once rife with conspiracy theories like these — and its own recommendation algorithm was the culprit. While the company has made serious ...
What seems like a sensible decision to an algorithm can be a terrible misstep to a human. By Chris Stokel-Walker Mr. Stokel-Walker is the author of “YouTubers: How YouTube Shook Up TV and Created a ...
I'm not mad at Spotify's, Netflix's, and YouTube's algorithms. I'm just disappointed. Credit: Mashable Composite: Spotifly, YouTube, Netflix ICONs Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious ...
Techno-utopianism, an ideology based on the premise that advances in science and technology will eventually bring about a utopia, has been a part of Silicon Valley’s DNA since the hippies from the LSD ...
YouTube is facing a new wave of criticism over the alarming number of predatory comments and videos targeting young children. The latest concerns started with a Reddit post, submitted to r/Drama, and ...
Recommendation algorithms are some of the most powerful machine-learning systems today because of their ability to shape the information we consume. YouTube’s algorithm, especially, has an outsize ...