Technology Has Destroyed Reality
Turning Point: Facebook and Twitter removed or suspended millions of pages, groups and accounts in an effort to combat bots and trolls.
On June 20, 2017, the BBC evening news opener broke down. For four minutes, a breaking-news animation alternated random still pictures with tracking shots of a presenter who sat stoically in silence. The elements of the familiar sequence were jumbled, messed up and nonsensical.
The scene was the result of a technical glitch — a system crash. But it also served as an image of automation run amok, of decades of breaking news finally resulting in broken news.
The message still resonates: In this new age of artificial stupidity, technological disruption has turned destructive.… Seguir leyendo »