Comments on: A virus that convinces you to install it http://emailforpics.com/2005/12/09/a-virus-that-convinces-you-to-install-it/ A False Sense of Community Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:17:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Paul.za http://emailforpics.com/2005/12/09/a-virus-that-convinces-you-to-install-it/#comment-38 Paul.za Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:45:34 +0000 http://emailforpics.com/2005/12/09/a-virus-that-convinces-you-to-install-it/#comment-38 Oh dear ... since one the stated aims of artificial intelligence is to be able to convince a human that they are in fact talking to another human, I don't think it'll be long until virii are able to make a more convincing attempt to sound innocent. In fact, it's probably best to assume, from now on, that everyone who communicates with you online is a virus. Trying to get you to click a link to another virus. Except me. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmonella">My link</a> is not to a virus. Seriously. You can trust me. Click it. Oh dear … since one the stated aims of artificial intelligence is to be able to convince a human that they are in fact talking to another human, I don’t think it’ll be long until virii are able to make a more convincing attempt to sound innocent.

In fact, it’s probably best to assume, from now on, that everyone who communicates with you online is a virus. Trying to get you to click a link to another virus.

Except me. My link is not to a virus. Seriously. You can trust me. Click it.

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