Jeff Orlowski | The Social Dilemma | Talks at Google

In this Talks at Google conversation, director Jeff Orlowski walks Google employees through the making of The Social Dilemma, moderated by Google's Anisha Bhandari. Orlowski describes his decision to combine documentary interviews with a scripted family storyline — using dramatized scenes to make algorithmic manipulation legible to a general audience — and discusses the difficulty of persuading some tech-industry subjects to speak on camera. He talks through how personalization and engagement-optimized feeds are associated with effects on younger and more vulnerable users, and takes audience questions on both individual habit changes and industry-level accountability. The talk stays focused on filmmaking process and platform design rather than presenting new data. TechKids Foundation includes it as Orlowski's own account of why and how he made the documentary at the center of this voice's profile.

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