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Re: AI slops from Eve


From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:45:15 -0400

Hi Alexander,

One small nit:

On Wed, Sep 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM Solar Designer <solar () openwall com> wrote:

I've just reluctantly approved 3 AI slop postings by Eve
<ckr927414 () cock li>, who is an "automated security researcher".  I don't
know if there's any value in those, but I cannot rule that out.  The
value could end up historical preservation of what these reports looked
like at the dawn of AI security research.

Please refer to computer algorithms as "it", not "who."

These messages lack a Date header, but they arrived to the list server
on September 9 starting 6am UTC and until 11am UTC.  For two of these,
she sent several versions of the same posting.  ...

Please refer to computer algorithms as "it", not "he" or "she."

A computer algorithm is not alive and does not have a moral compass.
Do not personify it.  It is merely a piece of property like a brick.

Jeff


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