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Is Your Phone Controlling Your Life? With Kaitlyn Regehr (Part One)

2025/5/20
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Caitlin Regehr: 我认为我的工作是揭示算法运作方式,并赋予人们掌控它们的工具。理想情况下,这本书不应该存在,我们应该有法规保护,追究科技公司责任。在缺乏保护的情况下,如果你要进入数字空间,就需要知道自己没有安全保障。我在数字空间中缺乏消费者保护,因为我们不是科技的消费者,而是产品,我们的时间和注意力是产品,被出售给广告商,这被称为注意力经济。在注意力经济中,仇恨、伤害和虚假信息常常被算法优先推送,因为它们更吸引眼球。虚假信息通常比真相更有趣,伤害或触及我们不安全感的东西,会引发情绪反应,从而留住我们。广告商为额外的用户参与付费,这种金融模式导致了许多问题。社交媒体改变了我们思考和获取信息的方式,这是一个巨大的变化。改变我们的思维方式就是改变我们自己,驱动这一切的是一个不道德的结构:注意力经济,它不惜一切代价,包括我们孩子的眼球,来吸引人们的注意力。 Caitlin Regehr: TikTok的算法非常有效,它能非常迅速地上瘾。TikTok会精确到秒地记录你在某个内容上停留的时间,因此它能很快了解我们,尤其是年轻人。TikTok会向青少年男孩推送厌女内容,因为算法认为激发愤怒或情绪反应的内容更具吸引力。TikTok会在人们感到焦虑时推送伤害性内容,利用情绪操纵来控制我们,特别是年轻人。手机本身的技术特性,比如美观的外形,也会让人上瘾。可以将手机设置为灰度模式,以减少其吸引力。应该认真考虑希望收到多少通知,以及来自哪些人的通知。新闻应用会推送狭隘的新闻内容,即使是来自信誉良好的来源,也会缩小你的世界观。我们需要拓宽对技术成瘾、社交媒体使用以及选择退出哪些内容的理解。我们需要从被动接受算法推送的状态转变为更主动、更有意识的状态。默认设置是我们是被动的产品,通过算法推送的狭隘内容。我们应该从被动接受产品转变为积极参与者,决定设备应该为我们做什么,消费什么内容,不消费什么内容。现在有更多的选择需要做出,我们必须承担起这些责任。 Caitlin Regehr: 我认为我们应该打破信息孤岛,这些都是高度个性化的观看方式。应该与伴侣或朋友一起使用最常用的社交媒体应用,浏览一段时间,看看自己通常会看到什么。决定想要更多或更少地看到什么,然后就可以“玩弄”算法。为了“玩弄”算法,需要明确想要算法做什么,主动搜索想要看到的内容,快速跳过不想要的内容。可以通过训练机器学习来改变算法。从小就应该谈论在屏幕上看到的内容,规范化这种做法。可以每周进行一次检查,分享在feed上看到的让你感觉良好、感觉糟糕和让你质疑并想要调查的事情。网络危害因人而异,广告商会利用人们的脆弱性来销售产品。如果能够建立这种脆弱性,就会有更多的机会向他们销售产品。网络危害通常有性别差异,女孩更容易接触到身体畸形和自残内容,男孩更容易接触到网络厌女和色情内容。我们需要讨论的不仅仅是危害本身,而是我们允许推送这些危害的过程。在Molly Russell案中,Meta的代表认为他们有责任让受苦的人发声,因此不应该限制他们的声音。问题的关键不在于是否允许发布,而在于是否应该算法推送这些内容给14岁的女孩。即使在《在线安全法案》下,我们仍然在清理年轻人看到危害后的残局,该法案仍然假设年轻人会看到危害,然后我们才去清理。

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This chapter explores the pervasive influence of algorithms on our digital lives, highlighting the lack of consumer protection in the digital realm and the ethical concerns surrounding the attention economy. It questions how algorithms prioritize harmful content for increased user engagement, impacting our thinking and information processing.
  • Lack of consumer protection in the digital space
  • The attention economy prioritizes engagement over well-being
  • Algorithms prioritize hate, harm, and disinformation
  • Social media changes the way we think and process information

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The ‘Smartphone-free Childhood’ movement has alerted many of us to the dangers inherent in our – and our kids’ – use of devices. But while we can shield children from technology in their early years, withdrawing from the online world is not an option for most of us in adult life. So how do we ensure that we – and our children when they grow up – develop a healthy relationship with smartphones and don’t become addicted to mindless scrolling and harmful consumption?

On May 13, Professor Kaitlyn Regehr – one of the world’s foremost experts on digital literacy – comes to Intelligence Squared to set out the science of smartphone addiction. She will provide a practical guide for taking advantage of the good things the internet has to offer while giving advice on how to avoid its darker side. Regehr will discuss how to think critically in a digital environment that is constantly seeking to harvest your attention and how to understand misogyny, pornography, politics, body image, advertising and violence online.


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