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Re:My AI Adoption Journey by pixl97 on Thursday February 05, 2026 @08:56PM (#46908036)
>makes the human race seem quite easily hackable.

If the human race were not hackable then society would not exist, we'd be the unchanging crocodiles of the last few hundred million years.

Have you ever found yourself speaking a meme? Had a catchy toon repeating in your head? Started spouting nation state level propaganda? Found yourself in crowd trying to burn a witch at the stake?

Hacking the flow of human thought isn't that hard, especially across populations. Hacking any one particular humans thoughts is harder unless you have a lot of information on them.

Re:My AI Adoption Journey by direwolf20 on Friday February 06, 2026 @08:06AM (#46912362)
How do I hack the human population to give me money, and simultaneously, hack law enforcement to not arrest me?
Re:My AI Adoption Journey by WA on Friday February 06, 2026 @09:49AM (#46913493)
> How do I hack the human population to give me money

Make something popular or become famous.

> hack law enforcement to not arrest me

Don't become famous with illegal stuff.

The hack is that we live in a society that makes people think they need a lot of money and at the same time allows individuals to accumulate obscene amounts of wealth and influence and many people being ok with that.

Re:My AI Adoption Journey by paulryanrogers on Friday February 06, 2026 @06:47PM (#46919751)
> Don't become famous with illegal stuff.

Is this still a constraint? It would seem that money beyond a certain point allows one to wash ones reputation.

Re:My AI Adoption Journey by WA on Saturday February 07, 2026 @02:58AM (#46922148)
For sure. But becoming famous for robbing the bank is not the way.
Re:My AI Adoption Journey by direwolf20 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @08:53AM (#46923889)
It worked for most of our current political elites.