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What is tool / technology has come closest to becoming your "Digital Aristotle" ? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 3 days ago by palmtrees2309@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I was going through my old liked videos. There I saw a video by CGP grey talking about how technology could have create a "Digital Aristotle", a tool which will help students to learn on their own pace and at whatever depth they wish to.

According to me, The best tool could be the YouTube algorithm. With the giant stream of videos that flood the platform every second, most of them are slop which doesn't try to challenge the viewer in any way intellectually. But after carefully cultivating a algorithm using indicators such as the Like Button or Subscribe button, I can indicate the algorithm that I want to watch stuff similar to this content. Also using Dislike button or Do not recommend the channel to pushback videos or channels that you don't want to watch.

I wish they could add a profile or a feed system that would allow for different feeds for specialized uses. What are your thought about this or is there any other better alternatives?

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[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 1 points 3 days ago

There are inherent limits to the idea.

Videos are almost never the best medium for advanced learning. That's why universities aren't just collections of DVDs. Books remain the best method for the dense transfer of ideas, and are unlikely ever to be surpassed.

YouTube algorithms don't analyse content, only user behaviour. Someone who likes an in-depth discussion of Anti-Oedipus might also like a Japanese music video. YouTube does not care why, only that they engaged. YouTube also actively fights niche feed curation. Liking A, B, and C, will get you A, B, and C, but also G (because it's kind of like C, even though a human would know they're different) 8 (because it's vaguely similar to B) and whatever the current versions of pewdiepie, the Paul brothers, mr. beast, etc. are (because if they can get you to watch their BS, they can sell more ads for more money) regardless of how disimilar they might be to anything else you watch.