Musk’s AI playground is becoming a moral minefield
Since taking over the platform formerly known as Twitter, Elon Musk has turned X into a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants social media platform of absolute free speech, for better and for worse. Yes, it’s fantastic that there now exists a platform on which conservative opinions are treated with more respect than your average puppy-abusing leper, but one of many downsides — fueled by Musk’s decision to monetize engagement — has been the explosion of, to put it politely, garbage. Scrolling on X these days feels more like a fever dream dominated by copyright infringements, right-wing echo chambers, and yes, pornography.
