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AI scams exploit the financially vulnerable and overly ambitious

The author posits that scams, including those involving generative AI, prey on two types of individuals: those with money but lacking initiative, and those with abundant initiative but significant debt. These debt-ridden individuals often recruit others into their schemes with promises of life-changing financial success. This pattern is compared to a perceived characteristic of Western or Christian civilization, which is seen as constantly seeking to discard its past and start anew, mirroring the business and technology world's tendency to offer endless second chances to failed entrepreneurs. AI

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RANK_REASON The item discusses scams and AI in a general, opinionated manner without reporting on a specific event or development.

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    There's two types of people who get mixed up in such scams, whether they involve smack or "generative # AI ": there's people without initiative but who have mon

    There's two types of people who get mixed up in such scams, whether they involve smack or "generative # AI ": there's people without initiative but who have money, and there's people with TONS of initiative and lots of debts. They're deep in debt because of that surplus initiativ…