Wont t qcli spot idịts? Hir r fîv fūl-prūf red flagz
Transcription of a Guardian article of 23 July 2023
Ɖ guvnr v Ilinô wnt vîṛl wɖ a spīć abt siyñ idịts in wn’z mdst. I hv a fy pôntrz v mî ǒn t ofr
Súnde, 23 Jlî 2023
“F y wont t b s’xesfl in ɖs wrld, y hv t dveḷp yr ǒn idịt-dtx́n sistm,” ɖ guvnr v Iḷnô, JB Pritzker, rīsntli tld ɖ Norʈ-wstn Yṇvrṣti Clas v 2023. Pritzker, a biłner n slf-dscrîbd “ćūgi dad”, clirli nz a ʈñ or tū abt s’xesfl cmnsmntspīćz: hiz tōc hz gn vîṛl. Ẃl ɖ 20-minit spīć, ẃć wz orġnîzd arnd qots fṛm caṛctrz in Ɖ Ofis siriz, wz’nt intîrli abt idịtspotñ, ɖt sx́n v it sīmd t reẓnet ɖ most.
Y cn si ẃ. W liv in a goldn ej v griftrz, blśitrz n scamrz. W liv in an ej ẃr sm v ɖ wrld’z most pǎrfl ppl ʈrù miłnz v dolrz at Iliẓbʈ Hǒmz, wɖt dwñ propr dy dilijns, bcz ś cem fṛm ɖ rît bacgrǎnd n sǎndd lîc ś ń ẃt ś wz tōcñ abt. A fantasist lîc Jorj Santos manijd t s’xesḟli fib hiz we intu guvnmnt. N Marɉri Teilr Grìn hz a sīt in YS Congres dspt rūtīnli gwñ on unhinjd rants abt, inter alia, ɖ “gazpacho p’līs”. Clirli nt inuf ppl hv fuñṣ́nñ idịt-dtx́n sistmz.
So hǎ d y spot an idịt? Wel, sz Pritzker, it’s nt olwz īzi. “I wś ɖr wz a fūl-prūf we t spot idịts, bt cǎnṭintẏtivli, sm idịts r vri smart. Ɖe cn dazl y wɖ wrdz n misdirex́n. Ɖe cn gt pṛmotd abv y at wrc,” Pritzker sd. “Ɖe cn īvn gt ilectd prezidnt.”
Ɖt sd, ɖr r sm mejr sînz t woć ǎt fr. Ɖ bst we t spot an idịt z t “lc fr ɖ prsn hu z cruwl”, Pritzker sz. “Ẃn smwn’z paʈ ʈru ɖs wrld z marct wɖ acts v cruwlti, ɖe hv feld ɖ frst tst v an advanst ssayti. Ɖe nvr forst ɖer animl bren t ivolv past its frst instñt… Ovr mî mni yirz in poḷtics n biznis, I hv faund wn ʈñ t b yṇvrṣli tru – ɖ cîndist prsn in ɖ rūm z ofn ɖ smartist.”
Ɖt z vri gd advîs. Bt it’s a śem, I ʈnc, ɖt Pritzker dd’nt ilabṛt frɖr. I ʈnc w cd ol d wɖ a bit mor v a comprihnsiv gîd, d’nt y? So I’v hlpḟli pt tgɖr ɖ bginñz v wn. Bhold, fîv goldn rūlz fr spotñ an idịt.
1. Bwer v enwn hu dscrîbz ɖmslvz az a “prǎd nonrīdr v bcs”
F smwn bosts abt biyñ tù smart fr bcs, it’s a tel-têl sîn ɖ’r an idịt. Xibit wn: Cāńe Wst, hu nǎ gz bî Ye. “I am nt a fan v bcs,” ɖ rapr tld an inṭvywr in 2009 az h dd ɖ prestur fr hiz ǒn bc. (Wel, cōlñ it a bc z a streć: it wz a 52-pej c’lex́n v hiz ʈōts cōld Ʈanc Y n Y’r Welcm. Sm v ɖ pejz wr intnśṇli left blanc n uɖrz jst hd a sngl “Cāńe-izm” on it lîc: “I het ɖ wrd het!” or “Gt yst t biyñ yzd.”) Ɖ probḷm wɖ bcs, Ye wnt on, z ɖt ɖ’r jenṛli tù wrdi. “I am a prǎd nonrīdr v bcs,” h add. Ẃć gz a loñ we t xplenñ Ye’z rīsnt dsent intu an antiṣmitic n ẃît-naśṇlist rabithoul.
2. Similrli, avôd enwn hu ʈncs ɖt evri bc śd hv bn a six-paṛgraf blogpost
Sadli, Ye z far fṛm alon in hvñ a prǎd dsden fr bcs. Ovr ɖ past deced, ɖ wrld hz wrśipt at ɖ ōltr v Stem. W’v feṭśîzd deta n tecnoḷji n dvalyd ɖ hymaṇtiz. Ɖ rzult z a jeṇreśn v poḷsi-mcrz n técbroz hu ʈnc ɖt bcs r yslis n evrʈñ cn b unḍstd ʈru a pyrli tecnicl lénz.
Tec Sam Bancmn-Frīd, fr xampl. Last yir, bac ẃn ɖ dsgrest FX fǎndr wz stl biyñ fetd az a jīńs, SBF tld ɖ jrṇlist Adm Fiśr ɖt h ʈt bcs wr a masiv west v tîm. “I wd nvr rīd a bc,” SBF pṛclemd. “I’m vri scepticl v bcs. I d’nt wont t se no bc z evr wrʈ rīdñ, bt I acć̣li d b’liv smʈñ priti clos t ɖt. I ʈnc, f y rout a bc, y fuct p, n it śd hv bn a six-paṛgraf blogpost.”
Bancmn-Frīd, hu z biyñ invstgetd fr alejidli mis’proprietñ biłnz v dolrz in custmrfundz, srtnli nz a lot abt fucñ-up.
3. Rmembr ɖt wlʈ z’nt d’recli linct t intelijns
Aftr Bancmn-Frīd tld Fiśr ɖt bcs r fr luzrz, ɖ jrṇlist hd an on-pej xistnśl crîsis abt it. Ẃ wd smwn ostnsbli so smart se smʈñ clirli so stypid? Aftr aġnîzñ abt it fr a ẃl, Fiśr dsîdd ɖt “sins SBF z obvịsli a jīńs, I śd simpli asym ɖt, cmperd wɖ m, SBF wl olwz b pleyñ at levl N+1”. Jst bcz Bancmn-Frīd wz masivli rić n s’xesfl, Fiśr dsîdd ɖt evrʈñ h sd mst hv sm sort v eḷvetd lojic bhnd it, īvn f it sǎndd dmntd.
Ppl asymd ɖ sem abt Trump fr a ẃl: rmembr ol ɖ coments abt hǎ ɖ formr prezidnt mst b pleyñ “4D ćés?” A lot v ppl hd a hard tîm b’livñ ɖt smwn so pǎrfl cd b so… idiotic. Instd, ɖe cnvinst ɖmslvz h mst b sm sort v stṛtījic jīńs. Trnz ǎt, no, h wz’nt.
4. Dropñ “AI” or “ĆatJPT” intu evri secnd sntns z a mejr idịt red flag
Ɖ sem ppl hu wd’nt śut p abt ɖ meṭvrs a fy munʈs ago – dspt biyñ unebl t s’xñtli dfîn ɖ meṭvrs – nǎ w’nt śut p abt AI. Hv y hŕd? AI z gwñ t b a totl gemćenjr ɖt’s gwñ t dsrupt evrʈñ n criet a ny norml. Oṇstli, f y tc búzwrdz awe fṛm ɖz ppl ɖe wd hv nʈñ left t se.
5. Cīp a wîd bŕʈ fṛm ppl hu obses abt ɖer IQz
“Ppl hu bost abt ɖer IQ r luzrz,” Stìvn Hōcñ wns tld ɖ Ny Yorc Tîmz. Si, fr xampl, Doṇld Trump. Ɖ onli ʈñ Trump sīmz t luv mor ɖn mcñ crīpi coments abt hiz dōtr Ivanka z bostñ abt hǎ hî hiz IQ z. H’z refṛnst hiz IQ at līst 22 tîmz bt ɖ most memṛbl instns mt b ẃn h twītd: “Sori luzrz n hetrz, bt mî IQ z wn v ɖ hîist – n y ol nǒ it! Plīz d’nt fīl so stypid or inṣkr, it z’nt yr fōlt.”
An IQ scor z a flwd meźrmnt v intelijns – bt bostñ abt wn z a fel-sef we t śo ppl y’r a dimwit.
