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date    = "2025-05-10T23:54:55+00:00"
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I keep hearing about [deep fakes](https://www.centralbankbahamas.com/news/public-notices/deepfake-investment-scam-alert)
(and fake comments). I got curious and
[even universities](https://regmedia.co.uk/2025/04/29/supplied_can_ai_change_your_view.pdf#page=5)
are simulating. Remember when [70,000 bots](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashley_Madison_data_breach&oldid=1289006137#:~:text=female%20bots)
were doing the Pinocchio?

Strangely enough, [XDA Forums](https://xdaforums.com/) is the last place I've
ever commented. I rarely read comments nowadays though because they're _too_
funny (and obviously gamed).

Casually trusting online services is
[increasingly risky too](https://haveibeenpwned.com/) given the desperate
monetary incentives of generative artificial intelligence.