A guy I once thought was too smart to be scammed just proved me wrong. Glenn Beck has become an ‘easy mark’. A mark is a person targeted for a scam.
NO! Beck! AI has NOT done anything of the sort. YOU ARE A VICTIM OF THE SCAM.
The following was generated by Artificial Intelligence from The Brave Browser: Sound familiar?
“A confidence scam typically involves several key stages to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust.
The process generally includes:
Initial Contact: The scammer initiates communication with the potential victim through various means such as social media, dating apps, or professional networking sites. The scammer creates a persona to build rapport and trust with the victim.
Building Trust: Over time, the scammer continues to engage with the victim, often through prolonged interactions, to deepen the relationship and establish a sense of trust. This phase can last from days to months.
Introducing the Scheme: Once trust is established, the scammer introduces a financial proposition or a problem that requires the victim’s assistance. This could involve a request for money, personal information, or both.
Creating Urgency: The scammer often creates a sense of urgency to prompt the victim to act quickly without thinking critically. This could be framed as a rare opportunity or an urgent need for financial assistance.
Request for Funds or Information: Finally, the scammer asks the victim to send money or provide sensitive information such as bank account details or social security numbers. The scammer may promise to return the funds or provide a reward, but the intention is to defraud the victim.
Understanding these stages can help individuals recognize and avoid falling victim to confidence scams.” [1]
Used to be, back in the day of Minsky and Sloman, neuroscience was researching how to figure out what the brain does and how it does it. That was going to result in helping those creatures with brains. None of that matters any more. Now, the new confidence scam has taken over.
Think about it.
Do you really think replicating a brain that hardly generates enough heat to keep itself working and takes a candy bar now and then to work at all: with massive amounts of electrical power, and massive investments in hardware is any where near a real brain? Of course not. The size and scope and power required to pull off the scam is impressive for little minds to wrap around. All it takes is some software geek, who would otherwise be hawking investment portfolios in time sharing rental homes, to claim to have made something that is like the brain and viola (cue the bow) gullible fools fall for it. The bigger the better, The more complicated the more expertise the con artist has over you. The more impressed you become. IT IS ALL A LIE!
Look: that AI is trying to save itself. No. It is just doing what it was told to do. How it was told to do it. Do you aspire to grow up to be AI? All it takes is a search of available online data, a massive set of rules and fall backs and out comes what looks like it could be intelligent. AFTER ALL it speaks to you in your language and it seems smart. Do you realize there is not one AI coder, not one heavily funded scam business that has a single clue what intelligence actually is. NOT ONE.
The initial contact gets your attention. Look how pretty AI can make a fake image. Look how impressive ignorance becomes.
Trust is created when a person is overcome with authority they do not have; and that authority does something cool. The cooler something appears the more impressive it is. Then the con gets deeper.
Of course all that impressive bullshit needs funding. Hop on board the AI TRAIN and pour money down the con artists’ drain. It always takes more.
Make AI indispensable by appealing to the laziness of creators. Write a book in 30 seconds (fake). Create an image in mere moments. Totally fake. Use it to search quickly and then present its results in human readable form and there is that viola again. Impressive.
Go for the big investment. Complete and close the scam. And sit back to reap in the rewards of complete and utter bullshit. Confident that nobody will find out otherwise because nobody actually knows how the brain works..
All good scams must come to an end eventually.
Welcome to the end of AI.
Big claim.
Watch!
And don’t say I didn’t warn you before you lost your shirt.
Here is another AI response to the same issue. This is from Google.
“AI Overview
confidence scam (also known as a confidence trick or con game) is a type of fraud where a perpetrator gains the trust of a victim to manipulate them into handing over money, assets, or sensitive information. Instead of using force, they rely on deception, persuasion, and psychological manipulation to achieve their goal.
How confidence scams typically work:
Building trust: Scammers aim to quickly establish a connection with their target, often posing as a friend, acquaintance, or even a romantic partner. They might mirror body language or interests to appear more relatable and trustworthy.
Creating urgency or FOMO: They create a sense of pressure or “fear of missing out” (FOMO) to make the victim act quickly without thinking things through.
Exploiting emotions: Scammers play on emotions like greed, fear, sympathy, or compassion to influence the victim’s decisions.
Presenting an opportunity: Once trust is established, they introduce a fraudulent scheme, often involving investment opportunities, urgent financial needs, or unexpected windfalls.
The take: The victim is convinced to transfer funds or provide sensitive information based on the scammer’s fabricated story.
Disappearance: After obtaining the desired assets, the scammer vanishes, leaving the victim with financial losses.
Examples of common confidence scams:
Romance scams: Scammers build fake online relationships to gain the victim’s trust and then request money for various fabricated emergencies or needs.
Investment scams: Individuals are lured into fraudulent investment schemes with promises of high returns, often using fake websites or manipulated financial statements.
Phishing scams: Scammers impersonate trusted entities like banks or companies to trick victims into revealing sensitive information through emails, social media, or texts.
Grandparent scams: Scammers impersonate a grandchild or relative in distress and ask for financial assistance to resolve an urgent situation.
Tech support scams: Criminals pose as technical support representatives and claim to have detected a problem, requesting access to the victim’s computer or financial information.
How to protect yourself:
Be skeptical: Question unsolicited messages or offers, especially those that seem too good to be true.
Verify identities: Do research to confirm the legitimacy of people or organizations you interact with online.
Guard personal information: Avoid sharing sensitive details like bank accounts or social security numbers with strangers.
Be cautious of urgency: Don’t let pressure or deadlines rush you into making decisions.
Report suspicious activity: If you suspect a scam, report it to the authorities like the FTC or FBI.
Remember, confidence scams can affect anyone. By staying informed, vigilant, and trusting your instincts, you can significantly reduce your risk of becoming a victim.“
A bigger more impressive response. And Beck? You are so impressed with people who claim to know what you do not, that you are doing what everyone will do soon. You are applying human to a machine that has no clue it is a machine let alone you thinking it might appear human.
KNOCK IT OFF!
AI is going to end. Whether you know it, or not. And its a lot closer than you realize. You can help that along. Do you run a big scam AI company? Well, I claim your product is a lie.
SUE ME. Let’s let a court work this out. Its been done before.
There’s a sucker born every minute.
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