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matthewdgreen • yesterday at 3:05 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

My colleagues at NIST just got a memo directing them to refer to AI as “SI” so it does seem to be filtering down to the agencies. This is a problem because “SI” is also a classification marking.


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CodeWriter23 • yesterday at 7:08 PM

> This is a problem because “SI” is also a classification marking.

They can just make up another name to redefine this classification which people are already used to. How about SIBISI? This follows the transformation they instituted a'la kilobyte -> kibibyte.

triceratops • yesterday at 3:58 PM

> This is a problem because “SI” is also a classification marking

Good thing the US uses the imperial system one less source of confusion /s

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lovich • yesterday at 3:32 PM

Can’t make money off of Slovenian domains without the rebrand. That’s obviously going to take precedence for the king.