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AI contributes to increased online polarisation

"One of the most significant commercial uses of current AI systems is in the content recommendation algorithms of social media companies, and there are already concerns that this is contributing to worsened polarisation online"

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AI Risk3. Misinformation3.2 > Pollution of information ecosystem and loss of consensus reality2 - Post-deployment

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Domain3. Misinformation
Subdomain3.2 > Pollution of information ecosystem and loss of consensus reality
Entity1 - Human
Intent2 - Unintentional
Timing2 - Post-deployment
CategoryWorsened epistemic processes for society
SubcategoryAI contributes to increased online polarisation

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