Re:Everything is an AI scam now
by softwaredoug on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @04:29PM
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You’d think if we convicted Elizabeth Holmes for defrauding investors, many AI grifters are doing far worse? What am I missing
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Re:Everything is an AI scam now
by Forgeties79 on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @04:30PM
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Large single target + a woman playing with powerful rich men’s wealth and egos vs. whack a mole with countless, faceless people using ChatGPT
If grifters weren’t allowed the entire YouTube economy would collapse. The tate-wannabes would be in shambles. It’d be awesome.
This country, and capitalism, have no issue taking down women. It's rather profitable to do so.
Re:Everything is an AI scam now
by senordevnyc on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @05:09PM
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This country, and capitalism, have no issue taking down women.
lmao. You know her male cofounder got more prison time than her, right?
Re:Everything is an AI scam now
by amritananda on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @06:05PM
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Not to mention according to the BOP tracker Holmes is at a minimum security camp (which I've heard described as being similar to living in military barracks - you could literally just walk away if you wanted to) while Balwani is at an actual low-security prison meant for e.g. drug dealers and sex offenders.
You’re not wrong about the situation with women - Martha Stewart was another example, her main crime seems to have been “insider trading without political power”, since what she did is something that a majority of senators, congresspeople, and executive branchers - obviously including the president - have done at one time or another.
But Holmes was selling a medical product that was completely fraudulent, and that she knew was fraudulent. There’s a reason medical products are heavily regulated.
If you want to claim unfair targeting against her, I think you’d need to find a roughly equivalent example involving a man, otherwise it’s not really a meaningful comparison.