Assange described a future where AI-powered algorithms serve us a customized feed of information based on data collected about our search queries and interests, calculated to appeal to our biases a…
It feels the closest in terms of fictional metaphor. We had this wondrous thing that let us connect to others and it was slowly corrupted and ultimately taken over by dark forces. Now using it you risk madness and the only people that truly see any benefits are those same dark forces that corrupted it.
It’s a stupid comparison, but I always think of The Ways from The Wheel of Time books. https://wheeloftime.fandom.com/wiki/Ways
It feels the closest in terms of fictional metaphor. We had this wondrous thing that let us connect to others and it was slowly corrupted and ultimately taken over by dark forces. Now using it you risk madness and the only people that truly see any benefits are those same dark forces that corrupted it.