Margaret Mitchell: click-driven AI misinformation is causing real harm
mmitchell_ai · x · 2026-10-21
Margaret Mitchell expresses deep concern about the repercussions of people continuing to propagate misunderstandings about AI technology: the click-as-incentive dynamic is causing real harm to society's ability to come together and set the technology up better. When your job incentivizes clicks, it becomes hard to separate what is technically real from what is kind-of-related-but-more-exciting.
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