Al Gore Draws Criticism Over ‘Artificial Insanity’ Comments

Former Vice President Al Gore drew criticism for his claim that social media algorithms represent a threat to democracy as he recently criticized the leader of a United Nations climate forum. At the recent COP28 climate conference, the 2000 presidential candidate-turned-climate change activist said that social media has “disrupted the balances that used to exist that made representative democracy work much better.” A functioning democracy, he said, needs to have what he called a “shared base of knowledge that serves as a basis for reasoning together collectively.” However, “social media that is dominated by algorithms” can upset the balance because it pulls users into “rabbit holes.”...