Culture critic Jess Joho claims TikTok's algorithms were so precise that the platform knew she was bisexual before she did. It was as if TikTok was "reading your soul like some sort of divine digital oracle, prying open layers of your being never before known to your own conscious mind," she said of her algorithmically enabled awakening.
From:
The Extinction of Experience by Christine Rosen
Technology is supposed to extend the power of our senses, not replace them with sensors and algorithms that claim to be better at divining our needs and wants than our own bodies and minds. And yet, our growing acceptance of those tools as effective replacements for our senses is reshaping our relationships.
From:
The Extinction of Experience by Christine Rosen
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