[conspire] (forw) [OCLUG] Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?

[Ross Bernheim]

Rick,

Business and society have created perverse incentives the depreciate the 
concepts of bug free and security. Rewarded for speed of development and 
flashiness and bells and whistles and how many advertisements and how 
much data the program can collect are not a recipe for quality and secure 
programming.

Ross


> On Aug 23, 2018, at 10:09 PM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> 
> Actually, I knew this would be awesome, the moment I saw the name 'James
> Mickens'.  Because for five years, he's been legendary for his essay
> 'The Slow Winter', online here:
> https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/mickens/files/theslowwinter.pdf
> 
>  [...]
>  The point is that flying in airplanes used to be fun, but now 
>  it resembles a dystopian bin-packing problem in which humans, 
>  carry-on luggage, and five dollar peanut bags compete for real
>  estate while crying children materialize from the ether and make 
>  obscure demands in unintelligible, Wookie-like languages while 
>  you fantasize about who you won’t be helping when the oxygen masks 
>  descend.
>  [...]
> 
> Been there.  Done that.  (And I believe 'Dystopian Bin-Packing Problem'
> is my next garage band.)
> 
> Anyhow, yeah, watch da flick^w clip.  He questions some things that were
> overdue.  E.g., machine learning!  Yeah, man!  Awesome sauce!  It'll give 
> everyone flying cars and chrome trousers!  Trust me!
> 
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Kyle Terrien <kyleterrien at gmail.com> -----
> 
> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 21:42:43 -0700
> From: Kyle Terrien <kyleterrien at gmail.com>
> To: oclug at mailman.oclug.org
> Subject: [OCLUG] Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving
> 	Security Is Possible?
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> 
> I think I found a keynote talk you all would like.
> 
> Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is
> Possible?
> A: Because Keynote Speakers Make Bad Life Decisions and Are Poor Role
> Models
> James Mickens, Harvard University
> 
> https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity18/presentation/mickens
> 
> The talk is about the (faulty) assumptions of the “Technological
> Manifest Destiny.”  In it, the speaker explores the cost of hooking up
> AI to mission critical systems, how AI agents can become racist, and
> how Q*Bert can find the deepest valley on a surface plot graphing
> error.
> 
> My take on this from a public speaking point of view: this guy is very
> entertaining.  He ties in stories about dealing with pushy magicians,
> AIs becoming prejudiced by their trainers, and a rather goofy
> graphical demonstration involving Q*Bert.  This is the kind of guy you
> want at your tech talks.
> 
> I laughed so hard I hyperventilated.  I don’t think I laughed that
> hard for that long since I watched “The Gods Must Be Crazy.”  Don’t
> drink soda while watching.  You will regret it.
> 
> Enjoy,
> --Kyle
> 
> 
> -- 
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> other people get what they want.
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> 
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