About whether AI can replace the human content moderators Facebook relies on.
Has this happened?
Yes 45 (37%)Not sure 36 (30%)No 40 (33%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether AI can replace the human content moderators Facebook relies on.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
and A.I. is not yet able to do the job.
AI won't be able to do the job until we manage to digitize brains. Stuff like sarcasm, irony, fair use or "dog whistling" (e.g. using "globalists" as a replacement for "jews") is something current AI's can't grasp at all, and even a digitized brain will struggle with these concepts - not to mention the ethical concerns that would come with digitizing a brain. Is it morally acceptable to torture a virtual brain that, in contrast to a human, can't even leave? To reset it to default state when it's too damaged?