Was it Cory Doctorow who noted that the only way to stop a system being corrupted is to design it to be impossible to corrupt from the outset? AI involves surrendering a HUGE amount of power, and expecting no operator ever to surrender to the temptation to tweak it for their own benefit is ludicrous
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in reply to Helen Czerski • • •Yes I believe it was indeed Cory Doctorow @pluralistic who noted this. As I recall, he called building in those restraints "Ulysses Pacts" to prevent #enshittification.
The first post I can find in which he coined the term is this:
pluralistic.net/2021/02/15/uly…
Followed by numerous later writings:
pluralistic.net/tag/ulysses-pa…
Maybe @pluralistic can confirm the origins of this concept for us? 😅
I do wonder if an effective Ulysses Pact could ever be designed for an #AI business...
Pluralistic: 15 Feb 2021 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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