Algol Bulletin No. 17, July 1964

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AI and Trust

Wise and just essay by Bruce Schneier about AI and trust.

A key idea is that we are predisposed to trust AI chat interfaces because they imitate humans, which means we are highly susceptible to profit-seeking biases baked into them.

Bruce suggests that what's needed is public …

“Once we undermine trust in doctors, fact checkers, and scientists, we’ll be able to sell people anything.”

-- Shannon Wheeler

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Illustrator Sofja Umarik describes her life as an introvert, further explaining how she navigates through a loud world that doesn’t always recognize quiet strength. Umarik also knows that she’s not alone, nor does she feel alone when she’s by herself.

Introverts are everywhere, and our quiet approach …

We can inkjet print delicious food. Or can we? How about 3-D printed pizza or Cake Writer?

You can not bake bread in space, because of crumbs, unless you like tinkering with a no-knead recipe known to produce little to no crumbs.

Read more about Space Ovens and Auto Terra …

This claw-handed hunchbacked cave dweller

has had too much focus on work.

It's time to visit our earth

and the things holding it together.

-- Don Cohoon

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Oh no, you said it.

I shake it off,
and turn the page.

Another chapter in the day

something positive to say,

wipe those complaints away.

You did what?

Let's see who can whistle grass,
an age old elementary past
better than spitting forked seeds.

Another chapter in the …

Off to school,
then off to work,
now often late,
just another jerk.
On the string for independence.
Trick of the day.

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Learn some more,
just try it.
Pour open the flow
let it fly,
compile and run,
check an alternate.

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She's on the heal,
no place to go …

Hey baby!
See me, feel me.

Hey pushing 10!
I got this.

Hey pushing 20!
Git out of the cave and find your own world.

Hey pushing 30!
Put me in coach, I have ambition and desire.

Hey pushing 40!
What is the place I find myself in?

Hey pushing …