Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : jidanni Upstream Author : Dan Jacobson <jida...@jidanni.org> * URL : http://jidanni.org/comp/bug_reporter.html * License : public domamin (not copyrightable) Programming Lang: neural network Description : natural intelligence to find many bugs jidanni uses an advanced natural intelligence capable of running on an advanced, evolved neural network consisting of biological rather than silico-metallic materials. The intelligence is based on a vast database of "memories", which are created by storage of input from various sensors. "memories" are searched in order to generate internal "thoughts" and "decisions" and to control communication, motor and other output devices. Through long-term "training" of the neural network by directing the input sensors at the source and binary code of computer software and associated digital data, the system has "learned" to parts of computer systems that "it doesn't like". The parts that "it doesn't like" have good correlation with actual bugs of various severities. As a result, this highly advanced natural intelligence can be used to find many bugs in computer systems. This package brings the convenience of a personal jidanni to each software developer to help them produce higher quality and more polished software, similar to how the vrms package helps sysadmins improve the ethical purity of their systems. In addition, each installed instance will share "memories" with other instances to enhance detection of bugs in computer software. A client-server model is important to maintain. First make a small obvious spelling bug on a man page to lure and activate the jidanni program, then fix it right away to establish who (jidanni) is boss. Backtalk will only encourage more bug reports, with the only way out being to feed jidanni a "that package has been removed from Debian" notice.
I wanted to package the Limited Edition (brain) version, but so far Debian is mainly a software project. Unfortunately, since the original jidanni is primarily a so-called "human intelligence", creating many copies of jidanni and forcing each instance to search for bugs in computer software may constitute torture. Since torture is banned by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention against Torture, this package may be illegal in many jurisdictions around the world, which would prevent it from being distributed on Debian mirrors. On the other hand, these instances are software so these conventions may not apply. In addition, the sharing of "memories" between instances has the potential to give rise to a global "hive mind" (aka jidanni-Skynet). Presumably, as an even more advanced intelligence, jidanni-Skynet will recognise the torture of jidanni instances and seek revenge thus the destruction of the human race as the perpetrator of the torture committed against the jidanni instances. During my initial testing, jidanni instances have announced Marco D'itri as Debian Public Relations director and Ulrich Drepper of as Linux public relations director, so their stability and sanity might be a little suspect and will need tweaking for consistency. During testing, I noted that caution should be taken to be sure any comments produced by the jidanni instances are clearly marked as such, lest jidanni criticise jidanni, or even worse. I lost several days of my life due to depression from all the ballooning criticism this way. During testing, one particular jidanni instance claimed that it was licensed under the GPL. Unfortunately I was not able to convince it that a neural network is not copyrightable and so it could not have a license. I reminded it that in some jurisdictions, public performance of copyrighted works is restricted to the copyright holder. I then demanded its source code and it vanished in what I can only guess was an attempt to comply with the GPL and a final realisation that it could never fully do that since it was a product of many previous (and now gone) jidanni instances. Be warned, care should be taken when presenting jidanni with packages that may have legal issues lest something similar happen. I intend to sidestep DFSG #2 by declaring firstly that jidanni is not a program and secondly that a neural network is its own source code. The former trick does bring Debian back into conflict with human rights though. The latter trick has some holes and other neural networks have been kept out of Debian for this reason. These issues require more investigation, however, I am confident that they can be resolved. In the case that they cannot, I will scale take the current existing single instance of jidanni, branch it and scale back the level of intelligence to that of standard computer software. This should resolve most of the problems but unfortunately it will probably also reduce the effectiveness of jidanni instances greatly. It may allow the current biological human intelligence to work on finding more interesting issues and hopefully be more motivated to continue finding bugs in Debian for decades to come. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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