ooli@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoA Hong Kong-based crypto exchange used deepfakes of Elon Musk to claim the billionaire was its lead developerwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down110
arrow-up1398arrow-down1external-linkA Hong Kong-based crypto exchange used deepfakes of Elon Musk to claim the billionaire was its lead developerwww.businessinsider.comooli@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareDudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·7 months agoThey should’ve picked a better person to lie about, especially if it’s supposed to be a developer.
minus-squareHegar@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20·7 months agoNo way. You want someone who’s so obviously an idiot that his face alone selects out anyone with critical reasoning faculties. Being a deepfake used to find rubes willing to give over money to an obvious scam is the platonic ideal of elon musk. Bravo, grifters. Bravo.
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoExactly, just like the Nigerian prince scam. Those who know about the scam or with enough critical thinking ability are not the marks. They want that small percentage of highly gullible people they can fleece easily.
minus-squareMargot Robbie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 months agoYeah! Pick somebody who actually knows tech, like esteemed Academy Award nominated lead developer Margot Robbie, for example. (Wait, actually, no, getting involved in crypto is generally a bad idea…)
minus-squareMargot Robbie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoStill on that acting break, but in the meantime, you can buy a copy of “Barbie” on Blu-ray to tide you over.
They should’ve picked a better person to lie about, especially if it’s supposed to be a developer.
No way. You want someone who’s so obviously an idiot that his face alone selects out anyone with critical reasoning faculties.
Being a deepfake used to find rubes willing to give over money to an obvious scam is the platonic ideal of elon musk. Bravo, grifters. Bravo.
Exactly, just like the Nigerian prince scam. Those who know about the scam or with enough critical thinking ability are not the marks. They want that small percentage of highly gullible people they can fleece easily.
Yeah! Pick somebody who actually knows tech, like esteemed Academy Award nominated lead developer Margot Robbie, for example.
(Wait, actually, no, getting involved in crypto is generally a bad idea…)
Ah, I missed you.
Still on that acting break, but in the meantime, you can buy a copy of “Barbie” on Blu-ray to tide you over.