الخوارزميات باختصار هي مجموعة تعليمات وأوامر توجه من قبل المختصين إلى أجهزة الحاسوب ومحركات البحث وشبكات التواصل؛ لكي تختار للمستخدم المحتوى الذي يصل إلى شاشته، وذلك بناءً على تحليل اختياراته السابقة، ونوع المحتوى الذي توقف عنده، أو استهلكه بشكل أكبر، أو نقر عليه خلال عملية تصفحه، حيث تعمل خوارزميات الذكاء الاصطناعي من خلال برمجيات «التلقين الآلي» على إبقاء المستخدم وقتاً أطول على المنصات، وتحديداً مع التنافسية الكبيرة بين تلك المنصات للوصول إلى عدد أكبر من المتابعين.
كان هدف الخوارزميات في البداية نبيلاً لمعرفة سلوك المستخدم وتفضيلاته ورغباته، واستخدامها لأغراض تسويقية، وأخرى ذات علاقة بالقياس والأثر للحملات الإعلامية، ولكن مع مرور الوقت اتضح أن الهدف أكبر من ذلك بكثير؛ فهي باختصار محاولة لبسط النفوذ والسيطرة على المستخدم، من خلال تحكم تلك الخوارزميات بكم ونوع المحتوى (البحث، الإنتاج، النشر)، إلى جانب التحكم في الجمهور الذي يتلقى ذلك المحتوى، والأخطر حينما يصل ذلك التحكم إلى عزل الجمهور عن الواقع، وذلك فيما يُعرف بـ«غرف الصدى» التي يصبح فيها المستخدم معزولاً عن أي محتويات أو آراء مغايرة لرأيه أو تفضيلاته.
اليوم الخوارزميات هي المطلوب رقم واحد في سرعة نشر الأخبار الكاذبة، وعدم القدرة على تصحيحها، مما يؤدي إلى تحيّز علني لوجهة نظر وحيدة وغير دقيقة، إلى جانب التحدي الآخر وهو مسؤولية الخوارزميات في توزيع واستهلاك الأخبار بسبب تحكمها فيما يصل وما لا يصل، وبالتالي سلبت تلك الخوارزميات من المؤسسات الإعلامية سلطتهم ومنحتها لمجموعة صغيرة من المبرمجين في مواقع وحسابات التواصل الاجتماعي، مما جعل الأمر يزداد تعقيداً مع تحول الجمهور إلى تلك الحسابات التي تقع تحت «سلطة الخوارزميات»، وتُحدد للمستخدم ما تعتبره مناسباً له.
الواقع يشير إلى أن «أيديولوجيا الخوارزميات» أشد خطراً على وعي وسلوك المستخدم، من خلال «غرفة الصدى» التي يتواجد فيها، وتحجب عنه الحقائق، والأولويات والاهتمامات، وتجعل ما يراه واقعاً يجب تصديقه، والإيمان به، بل والمشاركة فيه، وهذا يقودنا إلى معرفة المؤشرات التي من خلالها نتعرّف عن مدى تواجد المستخدم في غرفة الصدى التي وضعتنا فيها تلك الخوارزميات، وأولها التأكد هل ما يتم عرضه من محتويات يُعبّر عن وجهة نظر واحدة؟، وهل وجهة النظر هذه مدعومة بشائعات وأخبار غير دقيقة؟، وهل يتم تجاهل الحقائق التي تتنافى مع وجهة النظر تلك؟، وأي إجابة للمستخدم بنعم عن تلك المؤشرات؛ فهذا يعني وجوده في غرفة الصدى التي تحاول أن تُمارس عليه محتوى الاستقطاب وربما الاستلاب الفكري، وهو ما يتطلب وعياً غير مسبوق للخروج من «غرفة الصدى المظلمة»، والبحث عن الحقائق والمعلومات من مصادرها، والانسجام مع المواقف الرسمية في التعاطي مع تلك المحتويات للحد من تأثيراتها السلبية فكراً وسلوكاً.
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Algorithms, in short, are a set of instructions and commands directed by specialists to computers, search engines, and social networks; to choose for the user the content that reaches their screen, based on the analysis of their previous choices, the type of content they paused at, consumed more, or clicked on during their browsing process. AI algorithms work through "machine learning" software to keep users on platforms longer, particularly with the intense competition among these platforms to reach a larger number of followers.
The initial goal of algorithms was noble, aimed at understanding user behavior, preferences, and desires, and using this information for marketing purposes, as well as for measuring the impact of media campaigns. However, over time it became clear that the goal was much larger than that; it is essentially an attempt to exert influence and control over the user, through the control of these algorithms over the quantity and type of content (search, production, publication), alongside controlling the audience that receives that content. The more dangerous aspect is when this control leads to isolating the audience from reality, in what is known as "echo chambers," where the user is isolated from any content or opinions that differ from their own views or preferences.
Today, algorithms are the number one factor in the rapid spread of false news and the inability to correct it, leading to a blatant bias towards a single, inaccurate viewpoint. Another challenge is the responsibility of algorithms in distributing and consuming news due to their control over what reaches and what does not reach users. Consequently, these algorithms have stripped media institutions of their authority and granted it to a small group of programmers on social media sites and accounts, complicating matters further as the audience turns to those accounts that fall under the "authority of algorithms," which determine for the user what is deemed appropriate for them.
Reality indicates that the "ideology of algorithms" poses a greater danger to the awareness and behavior of users, through the "echo chamber" they inhabit, which conceals truths, priorities, and interests, making what they see a reality that must be believed in, and even participated in. This leads us to identify the indicators through which we can recognize the extent of the user's presence in the echo chamber that these algorithms have placed them in. The first is to ensure whether the content being presented reflects a single viewpoint? Is this viewpoint supported by rumors and inaccurate news? Are facts that contradict this viewpoint being ignored? Any affirmative answer from the user to these indicators means their presence in the echo chamber that attempts to impose polarizing content and possibly intellectual alienation upon them. This necessitates an unprecedented awareness to escape the "dark echo chamber," seek truths and information from their sources, and align with official positions in dealing with that content to mitigate its negative impacts on thought and behavior.
The initial goal of algorithms was noble, aimed at understanding user behavior, preferences, and desires, and using this information for marketing purposes, as well as for measuring the impact of media campaigns. However, over time it became clear that the goal was much larger than that; it is essentially an attempt to exert influence and control over the user, through the control of these algorithms over the quantity and type of content (search, production, publication), alongside controlling the audience that receives that content. The more dangerous aspect is when this control leads to isolating the audience from reality, in what is known as "echo chambers," where the user is isolated from any content or opinions that differ from their own views or preferences.
Today, algorithms are the number one factor in the rapid spread of false news and the inability to correct it, leading to a blatant bias towards a single, inaccurate viewpoint. Another challenge is the responsibility of algorithms in distributing and consuming news due to their control over what reaches and what does not reach users. Consequently, these algorithms have stripped media institutions of their authority and granted it to a small group of programmers on social media sites and accounts, complicating matters further as the audience turns to those accounts that fall under the "authority of algorithms," which determine for the user what is deemed appropriate for them.
Reality indicates that the "ideology of algorithms" poses a greater danger to the awareness and behavior of users, through the "echo chamber" they inhabit, which conceals truths, priorities, and interests, making what they see a reality that must be believed in, and even participated in. This leads us to identify the indicators through which we can recognize the extent of the user's presence in the echo chamber that these algorithms have placed them in. The first is to ensure whether the content being presented reflects a single viewpoint? Is this viewpoint supported by rumors and inaccurate news? Are facts that contradict this viewpoint being ignored? Any affirmative answer from the user to these indicators means their presence in the echo chamber that attempts to impose polarizing content and possibly intellectual alienation upon them. This necessitates an unprecedented awareness to escape the "dark echo chamber," seek truths and information from their sources, and align with official positions in dealing with that content to mitigate its negative impacts on thought and behavior.


