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highplainsdem

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12. Video scams of this type aren't even possible without genAI, especially at scale.

Reply to anciano (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 14, 2025, 12:56 PM

Dec 14

Just as chatbot scams with AI copies of people's voices aren't possible without these tools.

You're trying to defend technology most useful for fraud and cheating of all types, because it's all about pretense.

Not only are the tools unethical because they were trained on stolen intellectual property, but those tools are the greatest enablers of fraud ever.

And you want to shift the blame to the victims.

Just as AI.companies do - including telling users they're liable for all mistakes those inevitably hallucinating AI tools make.

This is the stupidest and most harmful non-weapon tech ever developed.

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Deceitful AI Videos Mislead Seniors on Important Health Issues [View all] highplainsdem Dec 13 OP

Enshittification. No other word for it. flvegan Dec 13 #1

It's the AI era's emerging "like" and "friend" farms. Hugin Dec 14 #11

Kick SheltieLover Dec 13 #2

Just posted canetoad Dec 13 #3

Individual responsibility by the user is required..... anciano Dec 13 #4

I've been a internet user since the early 80s, a web and content developer since. It's hard to deal with. erronis Dec 13 #8

Video scams of this type aren't even possible without genAI, especially at scale. highplainsdem Dec 14 #12

AI is now an integral part of modern life, anciano Dec 14 #13

None of that is true. highplainsdem Dec 14 #14

Time will tell .... anciano Dec 14 #17

Seniors shouldn't eat blueberries for breakfast. CrispyQ Dec 13 #5

Librarians can't keep up with bad AI, Popular Science, 12/12/25 progree Dec 13 #6

Thanks for linking to that via MSN. Please try to cite the more primary source erronis Dec 13 #9

I agree strongly that one should cite the primary source -- progree Dec 14 #10

Yep. Reference librarians were among the first people to have valuable time wasted by chatbots. See highplainsdem Dec 14 #16

Over 60? Wait a day BidenRocks Dec 13 #7

Sounds like someting RFK Jr would do. milestogo Dec 14 #15

So in this context, AI hallucinations are not a bug but a feature? scipan Dec 14 #18

AI Garbage ads are everywhere. BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 14 #19