Readit Newsjrvieira commented on AI must RTFM: Why tech writers are becoming context curators passo.uno/from-tech-write... · Posted by u/theletterf
We've seen this story many times before. Remember UML and Rational Rose, waterfall, big up front design, low/no code services etc. In every case the premise is "pay a few 'big brains' to write the requirements in some 'higher level language' and tools/low skill and low pay engineers can automatically generate the code."
It turns out, to describe a system in enough detail to implement the system, you need to use a programming language. For the system to be performant and secure you need well educated high skill engineers. LLMs aren't going to change that.
Anyway, this is tacitly declaring LLM bankruptcy - the LLM can't understand what to do by reading the most precise specification, the code, so we're going to provide less specific instructions and it will do better?
hell, semantic web even. we wouldn't need AI
jrvieira commented on The internet wants to check your ID newyorker.com/culture/inf... · Posted by u/jbegley
If you don't see it then that's your problem
Not all countries have centralized systems with comprehensive national databases, some purposefully fragment record-keeping across different agencies and limit their access accordingly.
Privacy laws and constitutional protections vary widely across democracies and - in my estimation - for very good reason.
jrvieira commented on The internet wants to check your ID newyorker.com/culture/inf... · Posted by u/jbegley
This is your own, personal, twisted interpretation of my reply
I don't see how we can arrive at an alternative interpretation if we follow your argument to its logical conclusion.
jrvieira commented on The internet wants to check your ID newyorker.com/culture/inf... · Posted by u/jbegley
My point is that my information is already centralized in one place. Giving that information to additional places increases the odds of that information being misused, so I'm not willing to do that. It increases my vulnerability.
You can verify that you're above a certain age while remaining anonymous by way of zero knowledge proof, for example. There is no need to involve a government in a transaction of information that is outside its scope.
jrvieira commented on The internet wants to check your ID newyorker.com/culture/inf... · Posted by u/jbegley
It's not the only way, but since the government already has lots of personal information about you, having them also do the ID thing means that I wouldn't need to expose myself to yet another company or otherwise expand my attack surface.
That's not how "attack surface" works. Having your information centralized is what makes you vulnerable.
jrvieira commented on The internet wants to check your ID newyorker.com/culture/inf... · Posted by u/jbegley
Your public, verifiable identity already exists because the government keeps track of it. Why would a third party need to be involved if the infrastructure is already available straight from the source? Also, if multiple providers existed, how could platforms avoid duplicates, in case of need?
You talk like we all live under the same government, and like it would be a good thing if we did.
jrvieira commented on The internet wants to check your ID newyorker.com/culture/inf... · Posted by u/jbegley
This can only be done by delegating the verification to national eIDs systems. This way the website simply asks the government: is this person >18? and the trusted government platform can reply without disclosing additional information.
Why do you think that's the only way?
Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the US have no government-issued compulsory identity cards for all citizens.