Is this a second – and more plausible – threat from AI?
Stephen Mihm from ‘Bloomberg Opinion’ wrote recently,
“The large language models (LLMs) that people increasingly rely on to understand the world are far from benign – but they are quietly, if unintentionally, promoting consensus in both how and what the public learns about the world.”
“For better or worse.”
“We should not forget that AI models have a built-in bias toward conventional wisdom, not minority or fringe points of view.“
“The public has been so conditioned to associate ‘fringe’ with bad that we might forget those views can lead to a more equitable society.”
Donald Trump signed:
Presidential Order 14179 (23/01/2025) prohibiting restrictions on AI development; and then
Presidential Order 14365 (11/12/2025) to prevent any US state passing its own legislation to introduce restrictions on the development or use of AI.
He remarked after signing the first PO, “This will be the death of woke.”
Was he expecting AI’s conservative bias to achieve this for him on a global basis and inexorably ensure that the MAGA philosophy (or local variants thereof) would become the norm worldwide?
Über alles in der Welt?
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