Christine Louise Hohlbaum asks, "Will big tech destroy democracy?"

She poses the question at Pyschology Today Blogs. Here's a bit:

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The Social Dilemma" is a 95-minute documentary about former executives who were responsible for creating the social media environment we witness today. From the co-founder of the like" button (meant to make people feel good by sharing the love, a currency that has turned quite the opposite when absent) to former employees from Google, Pinterest and Instagram. Every one of them, independent of the other, expressed deep remorse for the algorithm-based monster they can no longer stop. Artificial Intelligence has literally taken over. So-called machine learning" has left its creators far behind, like Victor Frankenstein and the beast he built. Or an express train without a conductor, teetering dangerously on the edge of the rails. No way to stop it, they say? Is that true?

I commend her piece to your attention.