Hi Jeff, One and a half small nits:
On Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:45:15 -0400 Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've just reluctantly approved 3 AI slop postings by Eve > > <[email protected]>, who is an "automated security researcher". I don't > > know if there's any value in those, but I cannot rule that out. The > > value could end up historical preservation of what these reports looked > > like at the dawn of AI security research. > > Please refer to computer algorithms as "it", not "who." In this context, the correct replacement is «which», not «it». «Which» is - in this instance - the inanimate relative pronoun for the nominative and accusative cases in English, replacing the animate «who». («Whose» is the genitive for both the animate and inanimate.) > > These messages lack a Date header, but they arrived to the list server > > on September 9 starting 6am UTC and until 11am UTC. For two of these, > > she sent several versions of the same posting. ... > > Please refer to computer algorithms as "it", not "he" or "she." > > A computer algorithm is not alive and does not have a moral compass. > Do not personify it. It is merely a piece of property like a brick. Boats also do not have moral compasses, and people see fit to refer to them as «she». > Jeff --
