A completely preserved #Roman necklace made of gold wire and blue glass beads. It belonged probably to a child.

Found in Aalen, dating 3rd century AD.

📷 Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg

#archaeology #RomanArchaelogy

My +1 asked yesterday why I don't talk a lot about quantum computing breaking encryption and I said because it doesn't create many truly novel policy issues.

e.g. we've told govts, police, etc. to minimise data collection forever, as having less vulnerable data to be decrypted in the future lowers exposure, but govts just never wanted to hear it.

But I've been thinking about it since then, and realised quantum decryption may break the internet in realtime, because it can break 1/2

What so-called "AI" is not and will never be:
- ethical
- explainable
- safe
- democratic
- good
- in the public interest
- transformative
- emancipatory

edit: + feminist + sustainable + reasoning + sentient + open-source + accountable + for the people + liberatory

Please add to the list, I am sure I have forgotten some of the "feel-good" labels.

I am so fed up with people who insist on their illusions, who insist on [fill in] "AI" while refusing to talk about how "AI" works and its impact.