▲ 580 ▼ This Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift ‘Super Dumb’ Men (www.wired.com) submitted 4 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 99 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 26 points 4 months ago (1 child) They grifted the grifters!!! permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) Really they grifted the grifted. They are the suckers buying into the scam, not the beneficiaries. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) Given what I assume is a typo, I don't know which way to take what you wrote. On the one hand, I agree they grifted the grifted. On the other hand, they could potentially be considered gifted. Gifted enough to understand that using AI this way could allow them to grift people probe prone to being grifted. Of course. If I take it that way I have to assume the second "gifted" is meant in a derogatory way to call them dumb. I thought about this way too much. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 4 points 4 months ago Yes that was a typo thank you. The individuals exploited by this attack had already been influenced by prior messaging that relied on fear, misinformation, and manipulative tactics. This made them more vulnerable to being targeted again by unrelated scammers who look for the same types of susceptible individuals. In this situation, the people affected are not directly attempting to deceive anyone themselves — they are victims of two separate schemes that both exploit the same vulnerabilities. I don’t feel sympathy for them, because the hostility and resentment they embraced played a major role in making them vulnerable to this situation. Their own engagement with harmful narratives set the stage for how they ended up being exploited. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) Really they grifted the grifted. They are the suckers buying into the scam, not the beneficiaries. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) Given what I assume is a typo, I don't know which way to take what you wrote. On the one hand, I agree they grifted the grifted. On the other hand, they could potentially be considered gifted. Gifted enough to understand that using AI this way could allow them to grift people probe prone to being grifted. Of course. If I take it that way I have to assume the second "gifted" is meant in a derogatory way to call them dumb. I thought about this way too much. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 4 points 4 months ago Yes that was a typo thank you. The individuals exploited by this attack had already been influenced by prior messaging that relied on fear, misinformation, and manipulative tactics. This made them more vulnerable to being targeted again by unrelated scammers who look for the same types of susceptible individuals. In this situation, the people affected are not directly attempting to deceive anyone themselves — they are victims of two separate schemes that both exploit the same vulnerabilities. I don’t feel sympathy for them, because the hostility and resentment they embraced played a major role in making them vulnerable to this situation. Their own engagement with harmful narratives set the stage for how they ended up being exploited. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) Given what I assume is a typo, I don't know which way to take what you wrote. On the one hand, I agree they grifted the grifted. On the other hand, they could potentially be considered gifted. Gifted enough to understand that using AI this way could allow them to grift people probe prone to being grifted. Of course. If I take it that way I have to assume the second "gifted" is meant in a derogatory way to call them dumb. I thought about this way too much. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 4 points 4 months ago Yes that was a typo thank you. The individuals exploited by this attack had already been influenced by prior messaging that relied on fear, misinformation, and manipulative tactics. This made them more vulnerable to being targeted again by unrelated scammers who look for the same types of susceptible individuals. In this situation, the people affected are not directly attempting to deceive anyone themselves — they are victims of two separate schemes that both exploit the same vulnerabilities. I don’t feel sympathy for them, because the hostility and resentment they embraced played a major role in making them vulnerable to this situation. Their own engagement with harmful narratives set the stage for how they ended up being exploited. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 4 points 4 months ago Yes that was a typo thank you. The individuals exploited by this attack had already been influenced by prior messaging that relied on fear, misinformation, and manipulative tactics. This made them more vulnerable to being targeted again by unrelated scammers who look for the same types of susceptible individuals. In this situation, the people affected are not directly attempting to deceive anyone themselves — they are victims of two separate schemes that both exploit the same vulnerabilities. I don’t feel sympathy for them, because the hostility and resentment they embraced played a major role in making them vulnerable to this situation. Their own engagement with harmful narratives set the stage for how they ended up being exploited. permalink fedilink source parent