The limits of Sybil defense (and how composability might help)
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Sep 20
Do Sybil's dream of electric sheep?Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep tells the story of a detective tasked with eliminating humanoid "replicants" that are almost indistinguishable from natural humans. They do this using a system of tests, including an instrumented interview that look for subtle "tells" such as a limited ability to make complex moral judgments in hypothetical scenarios. Sybil defenders are similarly tasked with distinguishing real and virtual humans in a mixed populatio...

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