to show respectful submission; yielding to someone else (generally given to someone who has more experience or senior to you); dutifulness
Danny Groner
@dannygroner.bsky.social
"What if the computer is wrong? We could tolerate such deference only if we trusted the A.I. more than the people who would otherwise make such decisions. And how could we do that if we didn’t even know how the system worked?" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/magazine/ai-black-box-interpretability-research.html
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Frank E. Lee
@djfrankelee.bsky.social
SFQOTD: "The handsome people of Mountainside had encountered healers before. Their deference was colored by admiration and some caution, rather than the fear Snake had found on the other side of the desert." Vonda N. McIntyre
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@darktildawn.bsky.social
The next "Great Depression" caused by the recent and ongoing actions by the current "Republican" Congress in deference to their fascist bosses will be similar to the first one, except: The masses of dirt poor Americans will try to flee overseas instead of West. But, they'll be rejected similarly.
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