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Comment Re:Why such paranoia ? (Score 2) 299

Someone leaks sensitive information to the media. Government tracks phone. Government dispatches goon. Government bricks phone to prevent victim from alerting the medial, recording the incident, calling for help, etc. Victim is disappeared.

Or, like it is now;

Someone leaks sensitive information to the media. Government tracks phone. Government dispatches goon. Government orders phone company to prevent phone from working to prevent victim from alerting the media, recording the incident, calling for help, etc. Victim is disappeared.

I don't see any difference.

Comment Re:but that's the problem with the turing test... (Score 1) 309

I remember writing a bot for an online text based adventure years ago that pretended it was a female newbie that followed people around asking lots of questions and praising them for their skills. AI? not in the slightest, but scripts, pre-programmed patterns and social engineering (no learning!). Lots of fun, and it fooled quite a bit of players (for 5-10 minutes) who, as a thank-you, tended to kill her with extreme prejudice every time they encountered her.

Maybe if I write a script that goes ;
"Hello, this is Thomas's mother, hes 2 years old..."
and then continue to spew out random letters -- would that pass a Turing test?

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