[draft] Defeating Botnets and Trojans: Episode 1

[Undiscussed Horrific Abuse, One Victim of Many]

>  I encountered quite a few coincidences in the last 15+ years.
> One such coincidence is when I once wrote 'that's  two flies in one clap',
> right after writing this a few desks further someone clapped hard on his
> desk, that was in a quiet place.

This sounds like a coincidence to me, because the sets of words in
sentences and nearby behaviors are huge, frequent, and happen adjacent
to each other.

> There were also times that the management seemed to react immediately to
> what I typed.

My understanding is that this is considered be corporate machine
learning algorithms that have been overfit. The described scenario is
that they don't know what you typed, but AIs trying to make money or
politics (even at other businesses, in browser advertisements, for
example) are constantly trying things to see if they work, and we
learn to respond to the things they try (like suggestions). It kind of
seems like human body language and intuition could have gotten a
little entrained.

I don't know how to find people who talk about that, but
https://www.humanetech.com/ puts some effort into connecting people
together who do.

On this list, a big topic that isn't addressed directly very often,
but is continuously addressed indirectly, is information security
conflict. It's very normal for mainstream machines to be beset by
systems (backdoors) that let other groups control them. It's a
dangerous and relevant situation, extremely complicated by AI, where
often it can seem that a bunch of entities appear invested in clouding
discussion around it.

Spy agencies. Governments. Military corporations. Political parties.
Other people likely know more than me about these topical things.

I understand there are some groups at DefCon and likely other Cons
regarding AI security. This is a pretty important topic. I haven't
been to one myself.