Post Atw7qSBCbTeH1udBIG by noam@libranet.de
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 (DIR) Post #Atw7qSBCbTeH1udBIG by noam@libranet.de
       2025-05-09T12:35:09Z
       
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       “No computers.” the guard said harshly, holding out a metal box.I put my phone in the box. He didn’t budge. I took off my smart watch and added it in.“Are you sure you have no more computers? The detector sends out a brief EMP. It would be a shame to destroy any gadgets. Or injure you." He was staring at the side of my face.Ah. I removed the Connex from my temple. I’d forgotten it was there.He ushered me into what looked like an old electronic doorway, then pressed a button. A light flashed."You're free to enter. Enjoy." No smile.I passed through a corridor to desk where a receptionist smiled. "First time?""Yes, is it obvious?""Don't worry. It's simple. Through the double doors there you'll find the main selection of books, by era and topic. It's colour-coded and easy to follow. You'll need these if you want to touch anything." She put a paper mask and thin laboratory gloves on the desk."Behind you is the iffy section, as we call it. Books printed after 2015.""2015?! I thought AI printed books only appeared in the mid 2020s.""That's probably true, but we can't be sure. Preserving authentic pre-AI knowledge is our raison d'être. We can't be too safe."Her look turned serious and I saw the devotion to the cause in her eyes. Since the Big Corruption of '32, no digital files could be trusted to replicate original human knowledge. This library was a time capsule."Can books be taken out?""No, I'm afraid not. We couldn't let them back in, as they could be fakes.""So, can I copy things? My phone and Connex were taken away. Do you have a camera to message me chapters?""No, we're strictly machine-free. but we have several scribes. They're very good." She was enjoying my puzzled look."They can copy down whole pages for you. With pen and paper," she answered my unspoken question."Pen and paper?" these were words of tales and myths."Come, I'll show."#devotion #MastoPrompt #microfiction #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
       
 (DIR) Post #AtxKQYw6Lzin19VoUy by ThatWouldBeTelling@shitposter.world
       2025-05-10T16:05:12.128702Z
       
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       @noam Heh, but ignores the utility of cryptographically secure hashes (perhaps excusable if you assume quantum computing becomes a thing, but we're already working on that problem, see SHA-3) and public key infrastructure.  Way too many of us are aware of these sorts of dangers and have been working hard on them since the 1970s.AKA how we knew and could prove the email leaks of Team Hillary were genuine, at least the ones signed by the Goolag.(There are of course other reasons to eschew books starting in 2015, few from the big publishers aren't pozzed to begin with, in a Large Liberal Model way....https://barsoom.substack.com/p/the-involution-of-the-liberal-mind unread by myself yet except for an excerpt, but I'm not sure the current U.K. example it starts with is a good example.)