Google, the Stupidity Amplifier (2016)

Re:Google, the Stupidity Amplifier (2016) by eutropia on Monday August 31, 2020 @05:55PM (#24336307)

Solution: Hire 10,000 people to vet the feedback and funnel it into the org. Those people vet 6-7 feedback per hour, or 18-21 if you keep the operation running 24/7.

But that would cut into the Profit from the Money Printing Machine.

Saying "We're doing business on a scale that's too big for us to be (profitably) accountable" isn't an acceptable answer.

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Re:Google, the Stupidity Amplifier (2016) by drivebycomment on Monday August 31, 2020 @07:09PM (#24336794)

Imagine Google is a public utility. Would it be worthwhile for the society to spend that much manpower to funnel the feedback brute-force way like that ? To me, it clearly is a waste of money for the society, and an inefficient and pointless way to improve the product.

This kind of deontological approach is not very useful unless it's applied to a morally important issue, and even then, an utilitarian/consequentialist approach is needed to cross-check to make sure deontological approach doesn't go astray.

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