Simon WillisonBarnstormer of an essay by Bruce Schneier about AI and trust. Worth spending some time with - hard to extract the highlights since there are so many of them
A key idea is that we are predisposed to trust AI chat interfaces because they imitate humans, which means we are highly susceptible to profit-seeking biases baked into them
Needed: "A public model is a model built by the public for the public. It requires political accountability, not just market accountability."
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/12/ai-and-trust.html
AI and Trust - Schneier on Security
I trusted a lot today. I trusted my phone to wake me on time. I trusted Uber to arrange a taxi for me, and the driver to get me to the airport safely. I trusted thousands of other drivers on the road not to ram my car on the way. At the airport, I trusted ticket agents and maintenance engineers and everyone else who keeps airlines operating. And the pilot of the plane I flew in. And thousands of other people at the airport and on the plane, any of which could have attacked me. And all the people that prepared and served my breakfast, and the entire food supply chain—any of them could have poisoned me. When I landed here, I trusted thousands more people: at the airport, on the road, in this building, in this room. And that was all before 10:30 this morning...
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