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December 1997, Week 2

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Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]>
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Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 11 Dec 1997 14:02:15 -0800
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Bruce responded:
> Up to this point, using the computer is no different than using other
> summaries, like encyclopedias.

Though an encyclopedia generally doesn't have an opportunity to give
different answers to different people.  As soon as your machine starts
trying to be "smart" and give you what it thinks you want (as opposed to
literally what you asked for) (or "evil" and give you results based on
what other people do/don't want you to see), how will you be able to
judge the information you are getting?  You may miss critical information
because the machine didn't think you would be interested in *that*.

G.

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