not ch1cMy parents just sent me an article about a craftsperson in my very small town and asked if I knew them. There is no such person. The entire thing, cartoonish images and blathering text, was AI generated. And clicking through on the convenient buy-now link I discover this machine-crafted person exists in a whole universe of imaginary friends hawking shitty tchotchkes. Grateful they were being scammed for tote bags and bee houses and not their life savings. How will we protect the elders?!?
Irenes (many)@cthon1c we won't :( like, we should still try and maybe it'll help sometime, but it's too big a change to protect people from if they don't take an active role in that themselves :(