Could AI actually be an antidote for social media misinformation? #shorts

Social media has fractured the public discourse, shepherding us into our own bespoke streams of information, tailored to maximize our attention and reinforce our prejudices. Many think that AI will only accelerate these trends. But what if AI is, in some respects, the antidote to social media? Eric Levitz discusses how LLMs could be an antidote to social media madness and give us a small push towards a shared, fact-based reality. Why? It’s not because Sam Altman and other AI CEOs are more ethical than social media moguls. Rather, it’s that AI companies have business incentives to facilitate t…