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Yes. America is stuck in the stone age when it comes to this stuff.

> Pichai is beset on all sides by people who expect Google to move mountains, reinvent itself

TIL not showing fake news or having your advertisers associated with ISIS videos is "moving mountains".

> Discussing the issue, Pichai deploys the vocabulary of an apologetic CEO that’s become de rigueur in Silicon Valley since last November. He says the word “thoughtful” 13 times and “deeply” (feeling, listening, en

I'm reminded of the BP CEO on South Park. Not that he's actually anything like that guy, it's just what comes to mind.

> Pichai’s solution to the gnawing problems of fake news and illicit content that slip through Google artificial intelligence is, no surprise, more artificial intelligence

Of course it is. What do they say the definition of insanity is again?

> has stirred general alarm about AI; he thinks computers that make their own decisions and are smarter than people could enslave humanity.

at least google isn't saying this.

It was an unintended side effect of attempting to use gene augmentation developed for humans, causing a mutation and disease to spread. They developed a cure with help from the crew of the enterprise/phlox but that cure didn't immediately fix the mutations, it took generations.

That's why I called it an accident.

The fairness doctrine was not found to be unconstitutional.

They have literally had laws enforcing fairness in media.

Fox news is heavily criticized for their biased reporting and editorial standards. That would be the comparison to criticism of HN modding policies.

You're argument seems like a strawman. I don't think anyone has argued that HN should operate with no moderation whatsoever.

It's still censorship either way.

I too prefer my echo chambers to be free of wrong-think.

None of that controversy in my safe space either.