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Adam Curry notes a recent change in the FAA's NOTAM system, which formerly stood for "Notice to Airmen" and has been renamed "Notice to Air Missions." This shift toward gender-neutral language is presented as an example of the "supreme" system changing definitions on the fly. The hosts argue that these constant alterations to language constitute a form of "violence" by destabilizing shared truth.
The hosts use an AI tool to investigate whether "undue alteration of text" is considered violence. While the AI provides a wishy-washy answer, the dictionary definition includes the alteration of wording in text as a form of violence. They conclude that platforms like Wikipedia and AI algorithms are participating in a form of systemic violence by rewriting history and controlling the flow of information through hidden code.
