Links

The Worst-Case Scenario for John Kelly’s Hacked Phone
https://www.wired.com/story/john-kelly-hacked-phone?mbid=nl_100717_daily


Security News This Week: Go Update Your Mac ASAP To Fix Some Serious Vulnerabilities
https://www.wired.com/story/update-macos-high-sierra-security-patch?mbid=nl_100717_daily


Cars Are Safer Than Ever—But Traffic Deaths Are Climbing
https://www.wired.com/story/traffic-deaths-rise-2016?mbid=nl_100717_daily


Algorithms Have Already Gone Rogue
In WTF you talk about a specific out-of-control algorithm: the capitalist impulse to maximize profits regardless of societal consequences. The way you describe is reminds me of Nick Bostrom’s scenario of an AI machine devoted to making paper clips—because that’s its sole mission, it winds up eating up all the materials in the world and even killing those who would turn it off. Corporations whose sole justification is shareholder value seem to be working on a similarly destructive algorithm.
https://www.wired.com/story/tim-oreilly-algorithms-have-already-gone-rogue?mbid=nl_100717_daily