Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

This isnèt online learning technology per se but rather what online learning has to work against. "The model was relatively simple: The company mass-produced AI-generated content... posted it on one of the Facebook pages they ran and included a hyperlink. That link would take users to one of HTV's many websites, where ads for things like fungus medication, Bank of Montreal or Nova Scotia tourism would be plastered across the articles." Some of the pages have millions of followers and it's obviously a successful business where everybody benefits "except for Canadians, Canadian businesses and Canadian democracy."

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