in a sense i agree though i believe we're rational creatures of free will. certainly we don't need thought control in society, which is what internet regulation and censorship entails
I mean you can paint it as thought control, I kind of see it as either way we're fucked. Either this, or we eventually regress into echo chambers of gated communities based around various different conspiracy shit that makes no sense. LiYang being the type that is anti-vaxxer and believes in a world communist conspiracy that wants to control us through fear and cull the population.
I just dream of a sentient AI being able to filter and curate information in a way that is as factual and unbiased as possible. I understand why the implications are scary. Obviously, I'm speaking of something theoretical, and not necessarily known to be possible or actually happen in the precise way I'd like it to be.
My issue with social media platforms and the fact that they aren't regulated ties into the spread of misinformation, but also just brewing toxicity that does nothing but create or worsen mental illness. The fact there are studies that show social media like twitter or instagram can contribute to increase in suicidal thoughts is reason enough for me to believe that something must be done. I just have the opinion that ultimately such things don't deeply serve any benefit to anyone and for the most part can only hurt someone.
The mask that the internet creates, while I like to an extent as that is what I am using right now, a mask right? Although, give the unfortunate ability to humans not to be held to their personhood and engage in behaviors that were never really possible before, as if you were a troll online that could pressure someone into killing themselves, you can get away with it, a similar scenario most likely wouldn't have ever been possible in history, unless you kept someone in isolation and did it too them between you and them, and no one really knew they went missing.
I tend to view us as entities of worship in some way or another, and that we have a desire to be judged and that there must be rules and order, as that is how society itself is formed and allows cohesion. A theoretical sentient AI that serves as the custodian of our species, as well as the judge and "god" is a lot better than to potentially allow a massive dark age event set our species back and to create a world of incoherent chaos.
Perhaps, I'm somehow not in touch with reality, and that my fears and concerns are simply just pure paranoia. I guess I'll wait and see.