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New Algorithm Optimizes For Belief Rather Than Accuracy, Citing Profit Margins

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What. The. Actual. Fuck. Google.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ate the onion (¿ǝqʎɐɯ pǝɥɔʇᴉlƃ ɹo)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Damn. This article is so well crafted that I legitimately thought Google was being Google

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You honestly read the article and still felt that way?

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The algorithm, trained exclusively on Reddit upvotes and Twitter ratio statistics, has achieved record-high user satisfaction scores.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Unfortunately, I can see that happen, alas sad times are these .