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POSIWID – The Purpose Of a System Is What It Does – The Basics Guide
https://thebasics.guide/posiwid/
> POSIWID, or "The Purpose Of a System Is What It Does," posits that a system's real purpose is evident through its outcomes, not its intended goals. This principle, applicable in various domains, emphasizes examining actual results to gain insights into system functionality and inform improvement strategies.

The purpose of a system is what it does https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/24/baltimore-student-ai-gun-detection-system-doritos

«The raging mob of peasants is told to put away their torches and pitchforks, and to be reasonable, and to let the adults in the room get on with governance. As the saying goes, "The purpose of a system is what it does", and this system seems to overwhelmingly favour Google at the expense of all those unruly peasants»
Shouldn't we trust Google and other pertinent questions - lolnope
https://cryptography.dog/blog/shouldnt-we-trust-google/

"The program totally backfired. People thought ELIZA was intelligent, they were confiding in the machine, revealing personal issues they would not tell anyone else. Even my secretary asked me to leave the room so she could be alone with the computer. They called me a genius for creating it, but I kept telling them that the computer was not thinking at all."
Oh, really, now, isn't that interesting, and so, of course, they reanimated it, because only a liberal socialist would call that a failure. 🤣
#posiwid #automatedgatheringofintel #agi