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Message-ID: <20260911013946.51ca477f@ParkView.BC.CA.Umbrellix.NET>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:39:46 +0000
From: Ellenor Bjornsdottir <ellenor/securesoftware@...rellix.net>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: AI slops from Eve
Hi Jeff,
One and a half small nits:
On Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:45:15 -0400
Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've just reluctantly approved 3 AI slop postings by Eve
> > <ckr927414@...k.li>, who is an "automated security researcher". I don't
> > know if there's any value in those, but I cannot rule that out. The
> > value could end up historical preservation of what these reports looked
> > like at the dawn of AI security research.
>
> Please refer to computer algorithms as "it", not "who."
In this context, the correct replacement is «which», not «it». «Which» is - in this instance - the inanimate relative pronoun for the nominative and accusative cases in English, replacing the animate «who». («Whose» is the genitive for both the animate and inanimate.)
> > These messages lack a Date header, but they arrived to the list server
> > on September 9 starting 6am UTC and until 11am UTC. For two of these,
> > she sent several versions of the same posting. ...
>
> Please refer to computer algorithms as "it", not "he" or "she."
>
> A computer algorithm is not alive and does not have a moral compass.
> Do not personify it. It is merely a piece of property like a brick.
Boats also do not have moral compasses, and people see fit to refer to them as «she».
> Jeff
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