How Social Media “Algorithms” Have Always Been Artificial Intelligence

*The Overlooked History and Hidden Complexities of AI’s Role in Social Media and Beyond* In 1999, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) made a decisive move to invest in emerging technologies by establishing In-Q-Tel, a venture capital firm designed to discover and nurture cutting-edge innovations for national security. Though it might seem an esoteric fact buried within intelligence history, this early focus on advanced technology—especially what we today call Artificial Intelligence (AI)...