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It is a fantasy that you can have humans adhere to procedures. That's the whole underlying problem of social engineering. Just take the human out of the loop.


> Just take the human out of the loop.

"I don't know if you wanna entrust the safety of our email to some silicon diode."

All joking aside:

I mean... we already know that taking the humans out of the loop leads to undesirable consequences (like losing your Google account with no recourse). So the only question is whether or not the consequences of one scenario or the other is particularly worse.


> Just take the human out of the loop.

This i going to be funny if you get locked out of your bank-account or you have to lock-down your credit-card...computer says no.


See, that's the fundamental hubris/weakness of the "Silicon Valley current ethos" (well, most tech ethos today) taken to the extreme: taking the human out of the loop. Then who/what does it actually serve?

(or maybe, they perfectly know it, but don't saying out too loud)


> Just take the human out of the loop.

Should we do the same for accusations of crime, get rid of judge and jury, consult a decision tree on whether you get the electric chair




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