THE LIVING ARCHIVE

From punched cards to autonomous collaborators: the ideas, people, languages and systems that taught machines to follow—and increasingly interpret—human intent.

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Friction as Protection: When Ethical AI Should Make the User Slow Down

Ethical AI sometimes should add friction—confirmations, pauses, previews, and review steps—because instant action is not always aligned with informed, reversible user choice.

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Hawaii’s 2018 False Missile Alert: The Interface That Put a Real Alert Next to a Drill

Hawaii's 2018 false missile warning showed how ambiguous drill language, undifferentiated alert templates, weak authorization controls, and no prepared correction path could create statewide panic.

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