Discussion

This Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift ‘Super Dumb’ Men

verdverm: Another episode in the series of exploitation of the vulnerable. Prior art: gambling in the pocket, crypto get rich schemes, candy crush in-app purchases. This seems like an adaptation of OnlyFans, artificial and automated.Would be nice if we could stop taking advantage of others weaknesses.

ge96: It is interesting like I am capable of generating these deepfakes/mass generated content, stealing content, etc... why don't I do it? If I really do just want to make money.Maybe it is easier to do if you're in a country that won't get punished by the internet law.

philipwhiuk: > why don't I do itMorals?

MisterTea: The word you are looking for is empathy. Morals are societal constructs.

HPsquared: Strictly speaking, that's ethics. Morals are more subjective.

Yiin: who is we, this argument is as useful as "we should not waste food so we can fix starvation"

TrackerFF: There are literally thousands of AI thirst trap accounts on IG. I have to admit, I have clicked on some of them when they've popped up in my feed, and I've been fooled a couple of times...as in, I couldn't spot them being AI. Usually I'm pretty good at spotting AI, so I'm not sure what models are being used to make those clips.These accounts have 10-20 vids, a link to the usual sites, and hundreds / thousands of comments from other bots and thirsty geezers.

MisterTea: The fact that you are questioning this is alarming. When you hear of someones misfortune and you have no emotion you are lacking empathy which is a common trait of psychopaths.When you think about harming someone, at least in my mind, it is impossible not to think of the scenario reversed. How would I feel if the same were done to me? That is at least what a responsible person would do: think about the consequences of their actions. Most people would feel bad after doing something bad to someone. If you cant understand this then there is a problem.

ge96: I'm just thinking do you have to be an ahole to be successful eg. despite the risks, think Jordan Belfort or the current "higher ups" raking in more money despite the effect on the world. Maybe I am trained to be poor is what I'm getting at because "I want to be nice".

fallinghawks: A political position is not a weakness, it's a choice.