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The Social Dilemma

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Screening and discussion of ‘The Social Dilemma’

What are some intersectional actions that you can take during these challenging times?

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Okay, so this is the ability to think of final exam questions
so without further ado
we'll start the movie
Anyway, okay. So this is what 40
minutes long and then there are three more video clips 10
minutes and we'll have a discussion.
we're gonna
talk about
some discussion. Anyone come up with some actions to take for
themselves. Social media
touches some grass.
Go into a Facebook data center with a spray bottle of water and
speed run deleting servers.
If I have to do this
like all companies like that. I'm calling here see
okay, so, some good things
experience nature. experience life outside of technology
or in the social situations
so socialize you not just on facebook group chat, but
actually check out the class to
try to not try to not use your phone when you feel awkward
because you're sitting by yourself like just experience
the world as if you didn't have anywhere to scroll. People watch
situations lives
themselves breathe
for a few seconds
I'm gonna forego the suggestion to do to destroy data centers
so maybe I could say don't reach for your phone as a first
resort. Allow yourself to be
bored. So
can be bored
any other suggestions?
us so maybe
the next walks this quality that we're looking for
with a spool is better than
doing better than rolling alone.
Yes.
They can physically annoying to access these things that make
our lives worse. But intentional roadblocks are like tigers.
Wolves have to like type them into a random string. With
access to do like patrols
actually exercise your creativity Yeah.
You so many answers so difficult
is that science is something
we should do for ourselves in ourselves but before we were
going to do that
say I don't have any membership
so I'm just wondering I guess maybe access were difficult some
things we shouldn't be demanding. Governments
regulators
make access more difficult through regulation by lobbying.
Google infinite scroll on applications.
Separate
from from elsewhere in the room, comments, suggestions?
share the information
so that they know all of this.
I think it's good people around you are making those changes.

Responses

What important concept or perspective did you encounter today?

I learnt about the dangers regarding the use of Social Media.
How social media companies don't offer us a product. We are the product
The profound impact of social media on individuals and society
All the things discussed today
Watched a movie in class today and discussed social dilemma
If you are not paying for a product, you are the product. This is basically how all social media platforms operates yet not so many people understand this concept.
The amount of control social media has over us.
People speak about their jobs working at facebook,instagram and twitter
Today we watched Social dilemma
That social media is a handy tool in today's digital age but, it has very serious flaws and can be dangerous for people using it.
Social Dilemma
No, we just watched movie.
social media has drastically affected mental health and suicide rates
everything
Regualtion and its flow was one of the important concept.
The dilemma faced with the use of Socia Media and the adverse effects.
Watching 'The Social Dilemma' really put into perspective the ways big companies are using our data for their own personal gain and profit. One thing I particularily likes was taxing companies for the data that they store, thus financially dissincentivising them to continue hoarding out data and using it for (arguably) malicious or preditory purposes.
The three dangers of social media on our daily life, predict finances, mental health, and discrimination
we are in a information cocoons
There are intersectional actions required to get over the challenging times of social dilemma
Role of social media in a persons life in a bad way
We talked about the people sharing their experiences working at big tech companies, movie, etc.
The fact that much of the social media and business architecture is based on the users subconscious biases and actions
Promote digital literacy, advocate for ethical tech design, and foster diverse representation in the industry to address the intersectional challenges highlighted in The Social Dilemma and build a more equitable digital future
The concept of today's social dilemma with technology: If you are not paying for the product, you are the product (companies collecting your data).
Social dilemma
I thought it was interesting to hear the interviewees on The Social Dilemma boil down the three main goals of social media companies as engagement, growth and advertisement. The way those three ideas are portrayed in a sci-fi like skit also emphasizes the threat these companies pose when they have access to everything we do online.
It is important to receive information outside of your own views. Social media often tries to keep you in a bubble.
Social media is something that I plan to phase out of my life. I plan to allow myself to be bored.
The concept that social media is destroying the world is crazy. I found it interesting that in the Social Dilemma they were deeming the problem an existential crisis.
nothing
what we as people and as a society can do to protect ourselves online
Exploitative predictive models
Some new details about social dilemma.
Climate change message
I learned that social media collects data and have more control on our life.
The Social dilemma
I encountered the concept of how social media and AI affects our growing world.
An important perspective I encountered today was that fake news spreads 6x faster than real news. Because fake news brings in money some companies don’t frown upon promoting it because it brings them more income. I think this is straight up wrong and the screening yesterday definitely sheds light that some laws need to be implemented about digital privacy and whether fake news should just be spewed all over the internet. The screening reinforces that we need some laws to protect people.
not really
The important perspective I encountered today was the idea that the people working in the tech industry did not realize all of the unethical things that were happening until it was too late. If these individuals could not realize what was going on, how am I supposed to know what is right vs wrong?
the social dilemma. and the effect of social media in our society
from the movie " all social media compete for attention
the videos are interesting
Man-made horrors beyond my comprehension. The demon of social media and it's leeching of my attention is now very front and center in my mind. The current world and the world I want to live in are irreconcilable.
the social dilenma
I learned how companies and corporations manipulate their users to stay addicted to their digital products and services
Advertisers are the customers and we are the product. More precisely our change in behaviour is the product. There’s almost no laws about digital privacy.
Social Dilemma
That the belief of profit affects our society, environment, and civilization.
The most important topic I learned today was The Social Dilemma and more information about it
Social media is designed to be manipulative.
An important concept I encountered today was from the movie the social dilemma and how are security is at risk through various social media apps
Today we watched a movie called the social dilemna. From the movie it showed how much my generation was and is still being effected by social media. I feel social media can be a place to grow as a person and learn whatever you want but there are problems that need to be fixed such as social media always wanting your attention. It should be a place to learn and explore not a place abused by companies to make you the product.
Persuasive design techniques like push notifications and infinite scroll have created a feedback loop that keeps us hooked.
I learned about how social media companies spend billions of dollars into making as much money and harvesting as much data as possible from their users
I found it interesting that the user on a free web application is considered the product.
The issues surrounding social media usage, as highlighted by the Social Dilemma film.
We watched The Social Dilemma which covered many issues related to social media such as rising depression rates, the selling of our information and how companies manipulate us by using our data to build a profile for us.
The mental health, democracy, discrimination dilemma subtly perpetrated by social media
Midterm paper, missed about missing matoaka and sustanability
From the movie, I learnt that our attention is being sold to advertisers who are actual consumers of technology, and this is how you generate money.
Discussions
The Social Dilemma
Watched a movie which discussed about social dilema and its consequences and moreover the laws that can be implmented towards the negative use of technology
Dilemma
I think it was about the whole subject as how the semester is going towards the ending and the things we are learning from this course.
Related to youtube
we talked about the social deliemma
We watched a documentary today about people from Facebook, Instagram and twitter.
About the film The Social Dilemma and more
Today we watched the film “Social Dilemma”. It talked about the dangers of social media, and how our data is used and sold to advertisers.
Today we discussed about social dilemma
We talked about how user are turning into the product being sold to advertisers when they assume they are using an online service for free.
I really enjoyed the film we watched this class. Being someone who used social media regularly, I really did not see all these subtle tactics that companies use in order to control our attention. I thought the film was very well put together. The music was excellent and very engaging. It was also interesting to see the speakers from the podcast in this video.
Watch movie
talking about the Social Dilemma
Things to do to oversome the negatuve impacts of social media
You showed us a movie. I learned the term surveillance capitalism and i learned how companies are not always looking out for us.
Today, we watched the classroom version of The Social Dilemma. We watched some bonus clips from the movie. Afterwards, we discussed some actions we can take to protect ourselves from the dilemma. These include: deleting social media, using Qwant or DuckDuckGo, and touching grass. We also discussed about some things that we can look at doing to help prevent society as a whole to fall victim to this issue, like regulating technology and aiming for better digital literacy for society (especially youth).
The movie
The social Dilemma
No
All social media compete for attention, “how can we get as much as this persons attention can we get? How much of your life can we get?
movie
Social Dilemma
social dilemma
streaming
People speaking about their job
Nothing really important
had great experience hearing people speak about their job in Facebook, twitter
Today we watched the movie The Social Dilemma and encountered many things such if you dont pay for a product then you are the product. another concept was that not everything is about buying your data, companies aren't just selling your data to other companies but they are also collecting these data to predict your next move, what youre interested in and what grabs your attention.
Algorithms don’t predict the future they create it.
watched a movie in which people talked about their jobs while working in companies like facebook, instagram, google, pinterest etc
The Social Dilemma
Learning how to make persuasive technology, manipulate behaviors, create unconscious habits, its like an illusion/magic trick, and slot machine
The Social Dilemma.
if you are not paying for the product, you are the product
The concept of big corporate manipulation of the public's internet usage
not really anything
The Social Dilemma
surveillance capitalism
discussion social Dilemma
I got to know about what are persuasive techniques used in social media platforms.
The lack of regulation in the Information Society. Developers’ algorithms often have underlying consequences which make technology problematic e.g biases in ai, like button causing a mental health dip in teens. On the flipside, businesses are not regulating any of this.
I got to know about Social Dilemma today.
everything is going well
There is data on who we are, who we're dating, our birthday, personality type, and that info is being used to make predictions on us as well as what we're going to do.
Social dilemma
The ten or so things that they outlined that individuals can do to help themselves be influenced by the algorithms as much as possible.
Social Dilemma
In today's lecture, we viewed a movie that delves into the lives of individuals employed at companies such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and others, gaining insight into their various aspects and perspectives.
In today's lecture we watched a movie about the people working in companies like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. and understood there different aspects.
I learnt a little about social dilemmas
Nothing
Screening and discussion of ‘The Social Dilemma’
The importance of recognizing the race for attention and the consequences if we do not act upon the issues of technology. It can affect people's personal lives, our personal lives and society as well as civilization as we know it.
Final review for next semester
The social dilemma
Social dilemma
Social Dilemma
Social Dilemma
Things made like the like button, were made to spread love and positivity. Not for people to be upset if they don't get likes.
After watching the documentary, I became more aware of how much social media and technology affect my personal life.
I learned that data companies like Facebook not only sell the data to other companies, but they are all competing in order to create the best versions of your selves by setting algorithms to study if your an introvert, your political stance etc during the video “Social Dilemma”. This was proved by the many former employees of the big companies speaking up
The topic in the video about how people left their jobs in big companies like Google , meta , twitter because of their ethic towards their work
all social medias compete for attention, "how can we get as much as this person's attention can we get? how much of your life can we get?"
An important concept I encountered today was the social dilemma. Behind many social media apps, companies are collecting an extortionate amount of data from their users. They are manipulating our behaviors, building models that predict our actions, fighting for our attention and selling our data to various advertisers all for the sake of profit..
I learned that that if you are not paying for the product that you got from the internet then you are the product. Social medias will always compete for attention and that is the main goal. If these problems continue, then we will go through digital warfare
They have access to more information about us than we realize, including our birthdate, personality type, dating history, and activities. We are unaware that all of this data and information is being automatically entered into unmonitored systems that forecast our behaviour and identity. They use this information to create models that forecast our behaviour, and whomever has the most accurate information about themselves has greater influence over our lives and attention.
no
My classmates perspective on ‘The Social Dilemma’
Watched a movie on social dilemma and things that can prevent us from getting social dilemma
How social media affects mental and physical health(website)
About social dilemma

Was there anything today that was difficult to understand?

No, we watched the documentary 'The Social Dilemma.' It was very helpful.
No
no
nope, all good.
Nope everything we talked about is clear
No.
no
no
Nothing of particular difficulty as we watched social dilemma.
No
I find everything okay.
no
No
No
How can we reduce the addiction to check our social media every day.
no
To be honest, I don't understand how to carry out some of the intersectional action.
Everything seemed understandable
No
How not many companies have been persecuted for such behaviours. I would think many more would be
nothing was difficult o understand
No
no
not particularly
No
No
No
Not really
No
No.
no
not really, its pretty chill
no
nothing was difficult
no
I didn't understand how one person was having an email addiction, I believe companies would try to make their webmail more functional than addictive.
No
No
There was nothing difficult today
why there isn't stricter restrictions on the sharing of user data.
there was nothing difficult to understand today
Algorithms promote content that sparks outrage
I don't understand how these people never feel guilty for how many people they're harming by using these tactics.
no
Whether or not the social media companies have ulterior motives, other than making money.
No
nothing
NO
Nope
no
No
No
No
Nope. There was nothing difficult to understand today.
No
no
No
No
No, everything made sense.
No
Nothing today was difficult to understand.
No
nope
no!
No, today was chill.
No
No
No
Not at all
no
Nothing
no
no
No
No
psychological manipulation of technology was quite difficult at beginning but ill make sure to watch more videos
n/a
No
no
nothing
No there was not
Nope
I understood the narrative well
no
The Social Dilemma
more details into how to do self assessment part 2
no
No.
how barbie was nominated for climate in oscar
I don't think there was anything difficult to understand.
no
No
NO
nope everything was good
Not really everything was easy to understand in today's lecture.
Nothing at all
No
Nope
N/A
Final riview for next semester
No
No
No
No, everything was clear today.
Everything was clear and the ideas were easily understood
No
No
Nope, I understood everything that happened in class today.
no
no
No.
No
No

Was there anything today about which you would like to know more?

I would like to know how we can reduce using social networks for our own benefit.
THe corporations perspective on how AI can solve the problem
Potential threats to users and privacy from social media
Just next topics
Since in technology if it’s free then we are the product. This means that they collect our data and we must accept this to use their products, what can be done so that people can still use social media without having their data collected? Is this possible?
A more in depth analysis of the movie
no
no
More about pertecting yourself online.
No
Nothing really
nope
More about technology psychological harm might be good to learn
No
Nothing
i would like to know more about the algorithm which tech companies used to predict the people's preference.
I want to learn more on how to apply these intersectional actions.
Final exam questions that professor planned to say
No
What companies and corporations are taking steps to help reduce these consequences of social media and how they are enacting them on existing companies
no. i satisfies with what i learned today
More intersectional actions
no
i think i grasp the concepts discussed pretty sell
What can we do about the way surveillance capitalism exploits our data for control and predictions?
Probably more depth about the social issues that connects with technology, especially some recent social news.
No
yes, I want to watch the full movie
The social dilemma
I would like to know more about how quickly this became an issue, and how much will the threats increase overtime.
no
thought on regulating social instead of banning it
no
there were pretty straight forward
no
I would like to know ways to profit off these applications as there is a large audience for them currently
No
No
No I don't think so
How we can reduce a social media's impact on user's anxiety.
I would like to know more about new laws we could apply to protect are selves from the social media companies
The problem beneath all other problems
I'd like to learn more about how these people sleep at night
What kind of legislation needs to be passed to limit companies from profiting off users' information?
I would like to know more about the data that social media companies have on me (whether it was deleted or not).
Not really
nothing
NO
Nope
no
No
No
No
I would like to know more about the assignment 3 the individual skill assesment part 2.
No
know more about cips presentation
no
No
I would like to learn more on how we can protect our data more.
I would like to look into more ex big tech employee's and find out what they think about what the future will look like for consumers privacy as things begin to become worse with more and more sharing coming out.
No
I want to know more tactics on how to combat this race for attention.
No
Nope
not really
I am excited for whatever this class has to bring!
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NO
No
No
no
Social Dilemma
no
no
Not really
No
Nothing much
n/a
No
no
nothing
No there was not
More about how they use data to tailor our whole feeds to us.
It would be interesting to encounter real-world examples of times of moments that sounded heavy alarms in the tech scene
no
The Social Dilemma
the social dilemma
no
I would like to know more about some other ways of reducing usage of social media than the one mentioned and discussed in the class.
How can we avoid this social dilemma and lobby for better change in social media
I would like to know more about social dilemma.
no
No
Not really
Id like to watch the full documentary outside of class after watching the condensed version.
nope there is nothing i would like to understand more
Not for now, but if in future I will reach you out for sure.
Nothing
No
Nope
N/A
Final riview for next semester
Is shifting the business model of social media to subscription based instead of relying on targeted ads be a good option to motivate them to reduce extending watch time through cognitive manipulation.
No
No
No
I would like to know more about our assignment details for the self-assessment.
I would like to know more about how this race for social media algorithms started
I would like to know more about precautions we can take so that our data is not misused by the companies to manipulate us.
No
I would like to learn more about surveillance capitalism and its connection to the dangers of AI. I am interested to see more of how AI is being built and how they are taking advantage of our data.
I want to know if these problems are fixable or are we doomed forever?
no
No.
No
No

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