Social media is currently in a strange state: Dobhan Rai

He says that this confusing situation is not just a technology problem.

Magh 27, 2082

Kantipur Reporter

Social media is currently in a strange state: Dobhan Rai

We use Google Cloud Translation Services. Google requires we provide the following disclaimer relating to use of this service:

This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, expressed or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement.

AI expert Dobhan Rai has said that technology is not the only problem. In a dialogue titled ‘Chautari of Dialogue: The Confusion of Algorithms’ on the second day of the Kantipur Conclave organized by Kantipur Media Group, Rai said that algorithms are not the same today as they were yesterday and they do not have to be the same tomorrow.

"The form and practice of the algorithm we are seeing now is not the same, we have not surrendered to the fact that the algorithm we have today should be like that," she said. Rai said that the social media we are using, Meta, TikTok or the algorithms provided by big tech companies, are very problematic. "That is very problematic. Technology should be used to provide access to those who do not have resources, and it is happening," she said, "Big companies have to maximize profits. We have seen that algorithms have a lot of engagement with anger or bad things. An algorithm itself is also making a formula that it will get a lot of engagement. It is being deliberately promoted.'

She says that this technology is not the only problem as human civilization is in a state of confusion. Rai said that instead of thinking far-sightedly, humans have a psychology of fighting and running away, Rai said that she is currently seeing a strange situation on social media. She says that the limitations of the economic model, the state of the world, and psychology are being exposed.

Kantipur

Link copied successfully