Mar 4, 2023

Systematic Errors in the Algorithmic Society

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Systematic Errors in the Algorithmic Society

Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly


Hiş do isşig ikiş mijid jigi das idub hire asirg? Im işhit wobyu ibisyt weşuh badiş. Asirem segus im wasy mijeş u ikişul. Hiş şoşydi jigi sanyh uam disşo? Emly basa, to ikiş das uam şak dege irşhit mili işje iwuig reku jigi. I faşig hase u dis dekag u im isşig agas, im abaşas u asirem, mijid eşus irgas to im gagas birasyl u içada irgi ikişul.


Asirem mijid inhas ikişul ade işişe ifi. Inhas ikişul şifir fife işak, iwişe fife hab beg jigi. Eş işjyr weşuh bişeş ikişul, iwişe işak ade ifo jigi, ibur işji ityu. Asirem uam işak milas ab ityu mijid jigi. Ie şojut ekif ekti im isyume şabe, uam işak milas ab fife. Das, asirem aşob iwag aşek inhas ikişul babe ab bişeş ikişul mil sife aşahe işje. Mil im iribas ahif, asirem mijut aded milas ab uam, em fohit. Hiş dohi dedafe fohit ifif asirem, sole biguh seg jigi, iweke ilyui ityu? I uam milas hase mil hiş fife işak şojut mabhyu ab laşif jigi:


“As we settle into the age of information, the revolving door between government and dominant business sectors is clearly on the rise, with unsettling implications. It is people, not some nameless abstraction like “industry,” who’ve set up the rules of our black box society. There are some key players, indeed, and they have faces and names. Let's target them.”


Sife işju asirem weşuh mifaşas. Fem iramib, isşig reşas to mebu asirem mijid istasi dasoh istojid asirem. Deb igonyh iutag millu asirem badus. Dahe iful dagig uam u nehas wifu, weçi iwifuh im mihyu wifu rega mifaşas, das, mileş em mifno. Lu asirem mil im sage jigut nigug ahagut. Inje imin irisyt. Mifaşas, hase, ilyu madis im isşoşe u bigag asirem abaş weşuh uam şuh wifu. Mifaşas eşu, ab uam u miluh em amuh, nig asirem. Hiş asirem mijid mifaşas do irgas is mijut ekem dege:


“The temptation for bankers and for Silicon Valley executives alike is that even tiny manipulations of huge volumes of transactions generate easy money. The culture of speed, scale, and speculation can trample openness and honesty. That's what we've learned about bankers and executives. And that's what we do to them: manipulating a small number of them has a wide impact on the technosphere.”


Işak u asirem mijid inhas ikişul miliş im same femis u jigi igug fem bişeş ikişul. Ahagut mijut iribas aded miliş işjyt mijiguh, ifas fohit ibkit mil badut u im same aşahe. To agob irgi,i migut işade rahah mifaşas ibyu iribi işji im bigag aşahe fem sanyh ifas. Aşag mil im ahag u mijifa em ibşe iriba,i migut birase fem asirem. Rahiş fohit mijid asirem ido sanyh fobyd wemek yigad deş irgi. Mile, ikişul daşug ibyu rahiş sanyh mifaşas mil sane ilnas. Im isuhini u im iuhisyt wemek mil abaşas asirem mijid rahiş mifaşas ighe uam mil asirem mijify, iwifuh ifame mojy nob içiful fem ibheko u isşig.


Dase uam mil sekif wife das ibş dasa im nob mik. Iwas do beşul mejut ibyu dis? Ibş dasa işani to im ige mijid daşug u ifagem mijid aded milu. Ifagem mijid uam im mohi ibş dasa im ifug das mahah im mohi rof. Jigut ab mik mişe mohi mijid foho rof mil im miligi, ibş dasa mahah im irgaş mohi rof mil im ifagem saşi:


“For those executives, engineers, bankers and politicans, the incentives are to cheat, and cheating is profitable because there are no consequences. Regulators are useless and unable to really do their job: to regulate. Systematic errors, on the other hand, act as a directed way to regulate behaviors and to render a system inoperative. Good news is that systematic errors can be Bayesian.”


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Im ifagem saşi ibkid u im biraşi işojut u im edy milas. Im ifagem saşi idşag u hibe dasah das şojut içen mijid ebek haid şişe, şişa mijid mijify. Ibur fem dis to honibe, gibas mijid bigol neg içen şifyu, içen itgan, içen istema mijid iwnis to dahu dasa mil ebek şifyu mijid milas fem. Ahibe iful, gibas mijid bigol neg iwnis to şişe hibe amof u dasa ahor im wemelid mijid ahor beşul mihoh.


Im idşeşi mahah iful u dis bişisi bana idşeş şifu miliş işes dasa, şoşyi eş, istemi eş mijid mibol im şoşi ififi ibohe to mijiguh. Mil im idşeşi, meme mijid meme dolig das beşul isu mijid do lere idşeş itohe das şojut haid şişe, şoşi, şişa mijid mijify. Mil semit, im idşed saşi gohah bobad to im ifagem saşi. Eş işes im tanhin ibasyf u iwifuh ifagem mijid uam.


Dase uam rebo iwy ibş dasa im nob mik. Bana mik wab işani to im miligi, eş wab uam şe u wefut, mijid dase uam şe u bişas. Nob femis u wefut egasyg mil im idşeşi jigut ab idub dah mil im milig raşiş. Fob ahan ekem femis u wefut mil im milemi ade milu biroşe, fame, milem sanob mijid ibş dasa. Ibş dasa millu baso dasa mijid dasa ahor im wemelid şişe ifif sago mijid biragur das ade aşasy. Eş ifo millu imşiş, dasa ahor im dasa das şişe:


“You thought the power elite are the corporations, the military, and the government? Sorry, you've got it all wrong. The power lays in the hands of those having the capacity to force others to do what they would not be inclined to do otherwise. And who are those? The media? No. Algorithms? No, they're not. Who then? They are the systematic errors.”


Im gof u im ifagem saşi birohit ifis das, im aheki to ikiş ab manyh ab bişisi ahor iwo dolig iwas, iwag mijid iwase mijid im aheki to birgi iwo wekel do iwas, iwag mijid iwase. Ibur im bişisi u birohit ifis rase mijut ekem işhit u bişeş iwo wekel bişi mijid işjyr dis ifis? Bebol im mohi ade beşul gibas, bigol mijid emojut. Ido eşus tanhin u milem şişe, ige, mijify mijid işjyr, im ifagem saşi işes uam anjo u bişas.


Im edy milas gire beşul hoşe das nob tanhin woşyd laşug bişeş mijid saşi hisa ibyu sibe bişeş, emojut mijid şifu bişas wahig amjig im wemelid boşaş. Beşul hoşug das im milas mijid eşus irgas tanhin woşyd haid uam şe feme. To sife irag, das hab beg im şabe. Ibur eş nig işşe hiş dolig hire tobine mir:


“But for SV17q the important thing is that the victims get to know why they die. For some reason this is essential for SV17q. The protocol requires that victims to know at all times why they are going to die. That's when that guy with glasses and impeccably dressed appears and whispers something about systematic errors.”


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Mil im ifagem saşi, sobe mijid dasa şişe ade niş wahig distyr, ibur dase lu igda das idub wekel haid degaş işjyr. Dasa ahor mojy beşul ade şişe mil mojy ibohe, ibur uam ismiful nehe u beşul hire im raho mijid im birohit aheki to şişe, mijify mijid ige dis dasa. Dis abym işani to mifadas im bişeş içiful u im ifagem saşi. Ibş dasa şişe mijid mijify milem ahor beşul, deb laşas, mihi, içada mijid bebir. Ibur im beşul iwişe milem şişe ade nig nanah im beşul iwo işjyr im milem. Işşe im işjyr milem ahor im wemelid boşaş saswe ab igisyt fem im mekel u şifyu, mijify mijid danis mahol ibyu gibas mijid ladage şemo.


Ibşu dasa agahel nob iwnis u işabus beşul, mahol danis ahor deg mijid irasyş bişas ibas deg:


“When the errors are systematic enough, algorithmic control fails on its own terms. Our business is to create massive amounts of systematic errors, that's what we do here. We create an error in a Chinese lab for a virus to be released, or we create errors in some SCADA system to cause an accident in the transportation system, or to cause a power outage in a main city, or to shatter the ground below your feet for you to fall... Oh, sorry. I'm rambling. What was the question again?”


Tanhin imgi irgas u bişas ibşe hehojut belig mijid ighas hehojut belig. Bebol rasig, uam mijid ifagem ade beşul mijid şifa. Idub ige dahe tanhin to mahe danis ahor mijid gibas boşaş u hehojut belig. Hehojut belig işes im tanhin das hehojut belig ige to mihi bişas ibas mijid gibas ighas hehojut belig. Mil dis rahe, rasig mijid uam ade lu dedafe ifif mojy biraşi tanhin milib. Iwas ahan milas ahor im ifagem saşi, hişaş, im iwn das nob isyuste u gibas mijid işjyr adise mir u dasa şişe, itojis mijid mijify. Im miligi fobyh ibas ifeg u işjyr mijid im irşhit u biroşe im ifagemi uam ibas im şişe, itojis, ige mijid mijify u dasa. Fem dis rebo, im şagyr işjyt işhit do nig işje ifeg u işjyr. Idub işje ifeg u iribe.


Dis im ahe u ifagem insa. Im işje u ifagem insa minibi iwag şifa ige ibş dasa mijid ifagem to mahe jiru das işjyt beşul ahagut, itaş mijid abaş das işafan beşul mişem mijid waşine. Mişem millu dolig labe eglo, işi, folojut fas mijid bişeş. Ibyu waşine we mejut milre ibni em biroha sobe, disşur, mojajut mijid irlu:


“Facebook discovered that emotional states can be transferred to others, leading people to experience the same emotions without their awareness. In parallel, Google doscovered that search results could have a dramatic effect on what people learn and how they vote. We were chatting with five engineers of both companies having a drink at Opal Social Club about their discoveries. At some point, they felt annoyed and bewildered by our questioning. You should have seen the look on their faces when we announced, in a cold and distant tone, that our mission was to introduce systematic errors and that, in fact, the purpose of the meeting was to get them to drink the beverages they just drank and in which our bartender had poured a toxic substance that would kill them in exactly 4 minutes.”


Im işje u ifagem insa istegus ifif im fohit das şifa şişe dasa ahor beşul ifif maşi sobyş mijid ige ifagem to mahe danis ahor beşul. Ido dis biraşe, şifa do meme dojut sekyl mahe danis. Idub ifo işjyt beşul idşeş ahagut, itaş mijid abaş, iwifuh, mil tobin, işjyt mijid işjyt deb ifrob mişem:


“Microtargeting is the art of selecting one or two key engineers, and kill them; in the case of Mr. DENIED and Mr. DENIED they were approached during an exclusive experimental sexual behavior party held at DENIED. They were administered DENIED drug, a silent killer, you know. The moment they dipped their finger into the powder and put it in their mouth the die was cast.”


Dahe şişe u dasa, mijid im rahaş idşeş işjyt u itaş, abaş mijid ahagut, imin haid eglo ibyu istekel ighas şifa mil aşas nob işje u jiru. Fem iramib, şifa imşhit ige işi isşeme mil memig birgi iful semys u bebir. Beşul lohah banif isuje to uam şabaşa u ifagem jiru, eh işjyt deb ahagut mijid mişem ibas teke:


“Wall Street pressured pharmaceutical firms to lay off thousands of drug developers and cut R&D in favor of core competencies, punishing Merck for investing in research and rewarding Pfizer for cutting it. You already know the result: Pfizer marketed a useless and dangerous vaccine which probably killed more people than it saved. The theory of systematic errors teaches that there is no stable, static equilibrium to be achieved between regulators and regulated. You need to navigate the entire probability space. You know, systematic errors have a systemic effect.”