Comment Re:Not Government (Score 1) 457
By extension, the "Freedom of speech" argument falls flat on its face when said (supposedly) ignorant people/trolls choose to drown out the conversation. No one wants to join/stay in a conversation if there is an extremely high chance/they have already been personally attacked.
I think you are misunderstanding the freedom of speech argument.
Actual trolls certainly do interfere with freedom of speech. The problem is that existing strategies to prevent and/or mitigate trolling also interfere with freedom of speech. For example: Even the best, most objective editors and editorial boards are fallible. They are also subject to various pressures to expand the definitions of "troll" and "inappropriate content."
Even a reputation based system will fail. Some people feel strongly enough about certain topics they feel it is worth damaging their reputations
As for potential AI editors/moderators, I have no doubt a programmer could easily sneak in biases - both intentional and otherwise. Also, the owners of the hardware the AI is running on will doubtless have their own biases they demand be incorporated.