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2020·Documentary·1h 34m
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This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
Directed by Jeff Orlowski
artificial intelligence (a.i.)
technology
silicon valley
high tech surveillance
internet
surveillance
big corporation
media manipulation
social network
teen suicide
low self esteem
social media
internet culture
commercialism
internet addiction
social isolation
self-harm
advertising campaign
advertising model
late stage capitalism
machine learning
media addiction
algorithm
societal collapse
smartphone

Cast

Tristan Harris
Tristan Harris
Self
Justin Rosenstein
Justin Rosenstein
Self
Jaron Lanier
Jaron Lanier
Self
Roger McNamee
Roger McNamee
Self
Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan Haidt
Self
Renée DiResta
Renée DiResta
Self
Skyler Gisondo
Skyler Gisondo
Ben
Kara Hayward
Kara Hayward
Cassandra
Vincent Kartheiser
Vincent Kartheiser
Advertising A.I. / Engagement A.I. / Growth A.I.
Sophia Hammons
Sophia Hammons
Isla
Barbara Gehring
Barbara Gehring
Mom
Chris Grundy
Chris Grundy
Step-Dad

Crew

Jeff Orlowski
Jeff Orlowski
Director
Jeff Orlowski
Jeff Orlowski
Writer
Mark A. Crawford
Mark A. Crawford
Original Music Composer
Ryan Ahrens
Ryan Ahrens
Executive Producer
Jill Ahrens
Jill Ahrens
Executive Producer
Ben Renzo
Ben Renzo
Executive Producer
David Boies III
David Boies III
Co-Executive Producer

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mattiuzz
mattiuzz
The Social Dilemma
“sei depresso? non essere depresso” o “we got black mirror at home black mirror: “ ahh film. troppo terrorismo psicologico, ma sarebbe stata appropriata un intervista dal creatore di grindr.
“sei depresso? non essere depresso” o “we got black mirror at home black mirror: “ ahh film. troppo terrorismo psicologico, ma sarebbe stata appropriata un intervista dal creatore di grindr.
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Had to watch this for class
Still logging it
A complete waste of time
Had to watch this for class
Still logging it
A complete waste of time
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NicheMovieBlud
NicheMovieBlud
The Social Dilemma
A movie that has a good premise and motivation but it came out a little bit lame
A movie that has a good premise and motivation but it came out a little bit lame
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jsutine
jsutine
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When this came out in 2020 and my mom told me to watch it I just rolled my eyes because I know it’s going to be the same social media is bad blah blah addiction blah blah data privacy blah blah depression blah blah. And I’m glad I’m watching this now because now that I’m witnessing how AI is changing the world at a large scale it’s even more terrifying that we’re still in the very same system that is set to destroy ourselves. This is terrifying and most of us don’t realize it. Our leaders and the decisions they make are terrifying and even I don’t know if they actually how catastrophic things are going to be. The reason why it’s so easy to ignore is because it’s already happening fast enough that the change is alarming but slow enough to go about and ignore it until it’s too late. Things managed to get a lot worse in just five years and I’m not even just talking about AI slop. I’m talking about wars, shortages on our resources, the division of humanity, unreliable authority figures, enshittifications of products, and the compelling uncertainty. The reason why the very engineers who pioneered today’s technology are terrified is because they don’t even know what makes it terrifying, they just know it is.
When this came out in 2020 and my mom told me to watch it I just rolled my eyes because I know it’s going to be the same social media is bad blah blah addiction blah blah data privacy blah blah depression blah blah. And I’m glad I’m watching this now because now that I’m witnessing how AI is changing the world at a large scale it’s even more terrifying that we’re still in the very same system that is set to destroy ourselves. This is terrifying and most of us don’t realize it. Our leaders and the decisions they make are terrifying and even I don’t know if they actually how catastrophic things are going to be. The reason why it’s so easy to ignore is because it’s already happening fast enough that the change is alarming but slow enough to go about and ignore it until it’s too late. Things managed to get a lot worse in just five years and I’m not even just talking about AI slop. I’m talking about wars, shortages on our resources, the division of humanity, unreliable authority figures, enshittifications of products, and the compelling uncertainty. The reason why the very engineers who pioneered today’s technology are terrified is because they don’t even know what makes it terrifying, they just know it is.
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