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Social Media In Wartime + Betting on the Future + A.I. Passes the Smell Test

2023/10/13
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Kevin Roose：由于X平台（前Twitter）的算法和内容审核机制变化，在中以冲突期间很难在社交媒体上获得可靠的信息，大量虚假信息和误导性信息充斥平台，影响了人们对事件的理解。 Casey Newton：同意Kevin Roose的观点，并补充说明了X平台的变化是如何导致这一问题的。他指出，Elon Musk对平台的改动，例如取消旧的验证系统和引入付费认证机制，鼓励了虚假信息的传播，使得可靠的新闻报道被淹没。同时，他认为，Threads平台正在成为一个替代X平台的新闻信息来源，吸引了大量记者和评论员，但Meta对Threads平台的定位与目前用户使用情况之间存在矛盾，Meta需要决定是否要支持Threads平台成为一个主要的新闻信息平台。 Casey Newton：Meta对Threads平台的新闻内容态度有所转变，虽然最初表示不希望Threads成为一个新闻平台，但随着用户使用情况的变化，Meta的态度有所缓和，承认新闻内容已经存在于Threads平台上，但同时表示不会主动放大新闻内容，以免承担风险。 Kevin Roose：记者涌入Threads平台存在风险，因为Meta在信息传播方面缺乏良好的记录，此前Facebook在新闻生态系统中的主导地位带来了许多负面影响，包括种族暴力、极右翼势力上台和虚假信息的传播。他担心记者再次信任Meta会重蹈覆辙。

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As the Israel-Hamas war broke out, misinformation and fake imagery surged on X, the platform formerly known at Twitter. Can Meta’s Threads fill the real-time news hole that X created? Should it?

Then, Kevin debriefs us on his reporting on Manifold Markets, where Silicon Valley Rationalists bet on the likelihoods of different events.

Plus: The company digitizing smell.

Today’s Guest:

  • Alex Wiltschko is the founder of Osmo, a company trying to digitize smell.

Additional Reading:

  • Casey Newton on how the war in Israel may change Threads).
  • Some tech insiders believe betting can change the world).
  • The company Osmo put out a research paper) showing that an A.I. model it had created was performing better than the “average human panelist” in predicting odor. We want to hear from you.