Fight the Algo! || Acharya Prashant

Full video: Social Media: The Algo wants to fool you, Beat the Algo || Acharya Prashant, with UC Berkeley (2025)

Transcript

00:00Yeah, I am sure I am big on social media at the cost of going bankrupt.

00:05What do you think? The algos took me there.

00:07No, they didn't.

00:07If you watch me sufficiently long on Instagram, it's possible you might delete Instagram itself.

00:14So why would Instagram want you to watch me?

00:16Now there is AI, right?

00:17The algorithm very well knows that this content is meant to take people off these apps.

00:22There is just no way any of these apps give us any kind of traction.

00:30Even if you happen to be a subscriber, the algorithm won't bring my content to you.

00:35The algorithms did whatever they could to stop me and they are doing that to this date.

00:40We fight for every single view.

00:42The battle for minds, the battle for spirits, if that is being fought on social media, that's where I have to be.

00:48But mind you, it was extremely difficult.

00:50That's why I said you'll have to fight the algo.

00:51We fought the algo.

00:52We are still fighting it daily.