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☝️ Can you tell if this article was written by AI? You can't... but that might not be the right question. What really matters is whether you can trust the information.
☝️ AI or not?
You can’t prove whether something was written by AI or not, and that’s been true of plenty of tools before AI came along. What matters is whether you can trust the source and the information. Be skeptical of everything, not just AI. Judge content by whether it helps you, not by how it was made.
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0:53 This isn’t anti-AI
1:59 So, how do I know you’re not AI?
3:32 AI-generated versus AI-assisted
6:08 It’s all about trust
7:46 Bloopers... definitely not AI !
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☝️ Can you tell if this article was written by AI? You can't... but that might not be the right question. What really matters is whether you can trust the information.
☝️ AI or not?
You can’t prove whether something was written by AI or not, and that’s been true of plenty of tools before AI came along. What matters is whether you can trust the source and the information. Be skeptical of everything, not just AI. Judge content by whether it helps you, not by how it was made.
Updates, related links, and more discussion: askleo.com/191783
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✅ Watch next ▶ How I Use AI at Ask Leo! ▶ youtu.be/kRBK5lDijN4
Chapters
0:00 How Do I Know You’re Not AI?
0:53 This isn’t anti-AI
1:59 So, how do I know you’re not AI?
3:32 AI-generated versus AI-assisted
6:08 It’s all about trust
7:46 Bloopers... definitely not AI !
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![How Long Should a Password Be?
☝️ The old advice was eight characters, including upper and lower case, digits, and symbols. Thats no longer safe. Modern computers can crack those passwords in hours. Fortunately, fixing it is easy. Ill describe why length matters more than anything, and how long your passwords really need to be.
☝️ Password length
Longer is better. Traditional eight-character passwords are now easily compromised. A password should be 16 characters at a minimum — ideally more. Using a multi-word passphrase makes even longer passwords possible and easy to remember, or you can use a password vault for maximum security.
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0:00 How Long Should a Password Be?
1:20 Large-scale account hacks
6:15 Special characters
7:44 Pass phrases
8:48 Quantum computing
9:54 Shouldn’t services fix this and do better?
10:33 The bottom line for staying safe
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