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There is no such thing as security.
Iām not being a realist here (āthere are no sure betsā) nor is this mere nihilism (āyou will never be safe!ā).
There is no such thing as security in the abstract.You cannot be generically secureāāāyou can only be secure from something. A sprinkler system increases your security from fires, but not burglars. Not only that, but a sprinkler system reduces your security from water-damage.
In AI circles, a ācentaurā describes a certain kind of machine/human collaboration, in which ādecision-supportā systems (which the field loves to call āAIās) are paired with human beings for results that draw upon the strengths of each, such as when a human chess master and a chess-playing computer program collaborate to smash their competition.
In labor circles, āchickenizationā refers to exploitative working arrangements that resemble the plight of the American poultry farmer. The U.S. poultry industry has been taken over by three monopolistic packers, who have divided the nation up into exclusive territories, so that each chicken farmer has only one buyer for their birds.
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