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Re:Princeton ‘AI Snake Oil’ authors say GenAI hype has ‘spir... by jamilton on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:19PM (#37244321)
Not a great test, teens in the last few years sometimes get into crypto.
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Re:Princeton ‘AI Snake Oil’ authors say GenAI hype has ‘spir... by YetAnotherNick on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @11:04PM (#37244560)
Only for the investment purpose by thinking they will get rich quick. I have never seen anyone using crypto other than that. Author specifically said not for profit.
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Re:Princeton ‘AI Snake Oil’ authors say GenAI hype has ‘spir... by arcticbull on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @11:16PM (#37244609)
Trading it on a centralized exchange to speculate on its future value doesn’t involve using it at all, it’s just a MySQL database at Coinbase tracking your bids and balances.

I’d wager the biggest non-speculative use case is pig butchering scams and ransomware.

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Re:Princeton ‘AI Snake Oil’ authors say GenAI hype has ‘spir... by girvo on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @11:45PM (#37244784)
> I’d wager the biggest non-speculative use case is pig butchering scams and ransomware.

Probably, but drugs are also a big use-case (and I don't just mean retail, its used in wholesale for transferring sums of money internationally to buy precursors, for example)

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