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What does the backside say? I can make out the title at the bottom: "THE COMPUTER MANDATE", but not much else.

by rzzzt 2y ago

Terr_ 2y ago
Others have tried to figure out exactly what actual paperwork that particular image might be from (e.g. a memo or presentation flashcards) but AFAIK it's still inconclusive. A plausible transcription: > THE COMPUTER MANDATE > AUTHORITY: WHATEVER AUTHORITY IS GRANTED IT BY THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT WITHIN WHICH IT OPERATES. > RESPONSIBILITY: TO PERFORM AS PRE-DIRECTED BY THE PROGRAMMER WHENEVER INSTRUCTED TO DO SO > ACCOUNTABILITY: NONE WHATSOEVER.
- Sophira 2y ago
  There's also other text that's reversed: > A MANDATE WITH TOO LITTLE AUTHORITY DOES NOT PROVIDE THE TOOLS REQUIRED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LEVERAGE > A MANDATE WITH TOO LITTLE RESPONSIBILITY PROVIDES TOO LITTLE LEVERAGE FOR THE RISKS There's also other text that can't be read properly because the visible text overlays it, but that starts "A MANDATE WI" and ends with "FORM OF SUICIDE", with some blurred words before it. I imagine it's quite likely that the line is something along the lines of: > A MANDATE WITH TOO LITTLE ACCOUNTABILITY IS AN INSTANT FORM OF SUICIDE [edit: I accidentally mistyped a word in the transcription.]
shakna 2y ago
The first word of the paragraph appears to be, "authority". I can't quite make out the first paragraph, contents. But a bit after that comes under another semi-title "responsibility" and part of it reads: > TO PERFORM AS PRE-DIRECTED BY THE PROGRAMMER WHENEVER INSTRUCTED TO DO SO This [0] small link might make it easier to read bits. [0] https://imgur.com/rnW2RJa https://imgur.com/rnW2RJa
layer8 2y ago
See: https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/112459155499812117 https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/112459155499812117 Which also links to the earlier: https://infosec.exchange/@realn2s/111717179694172705 https://infosec.exchange/@realn2s/111717179694172705 And that in turn to the somewhat related: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/think/be-en/2013/11/25/the-computer-as-an-advisor-not-a-decision-maker-the-vision-of-ibm-fellow-john-cohn/ https://www.ibm.com/blogs/think/be-en/2013/11/25/the-compute...
- rzzzt 2y ago
  Thanks for the link. So most of the visible pages were deciphered!

What does the backside say? I can make out the title at the bottom: "THE COMPUTER MANDATE", but not much else.

by rzzzt 2y ago

What does the backside say? I can make out the title at the bottom: "THE COMPUTER MANDATE", but not much else.

Others have tried to figure out exactly what actual paperwork that particular image might be from (e.g. a memo or presentation flashcards) but AFAIK it's still inconclusive. A plausible transcription: > THE COMPUTER MANDATE > AUTHORITY: WHATEVER AUTHORITY IS GRANTED IT BY THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT WITHIN WHICH IT OPERATES. > RESPONSIBILITY: TO PERFORM AS PRE-DIRECTED BY THE PROGRAMMER WHENEVER INSTRUCTED TO DO SO > ACCOUNTABILITY: NONE WHATSOEVER.

Sophira 2y ago
There's also other text that's reversed: > A MANDATE WITH TOO LITTLE AUTHORITY DOES NOT PROVIDE THE TOOLS REQUIRED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LEVERAGE > A MANDATE WITH TOO LITTLE RESPONSIBILITY PROVIDES TOO LITTLE LEVERAGE FOR THE RISKS There's also other text that can't be read properly because the visible text overlays it, but that starts "A MANDATE WI" and ends with "FORM OF SUICIDE", with some blurred words before it. I imagine it's quite likely that the line is something along the lines of: > A MANDATE WITH TOO LITTLE ACCOUNTABILITY IS AN INSTANT FORM OF SUICIDE [edit: I accidentally mistyped a word in the transcription.]

shakna 2y ago

The first word of the paragraph appears to be, "authority". I can't quite make out the first paragraph, contents. But a bit after that comes under another semi-title "responsibility" and part of it reads: > TO PERFORM AS PRE-DIRECTED BY THE PROGRAMMER WHENEVER INSTRUCTED TO DO SO This [0] small link might make it easier to read bits. [0] https://imgur.com/rnW2RJa https://imgur.com/rnW2RJa

layer8 2y ago

See: https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/112459155499812117 https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/112459155499812117 Which also links to the earlier: https://infosec.exchange/@realn2s/111717179694172705 https://infosec.exchange/@realn2s/111717179694172705 And that in turn to the somewhat related: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/think/be-en/2013/11/25/the-computer-as-an-advisor-not-a-decision-maker-the-vision-of-ibm-fellow-john-cohn/ https://www.ibm.com/blogs/think/be-en/2013/11/25/the-compute...

rzzzt 2y ago
Thanks for the link. So most of the visible pages were deciphered!