Maybe I’m just groggy with Friday Brain going on, but I’m having trouble understanding what you’re suggesting.
Do you think this was a scam attempt to extract money in the form of reparation donations?
Do you think this was a scam attempt to extract money in the form of reparation donations?
On the one hand I find it a bizarre approach to running a scam. On the other hand I'm having a hard time coming up with any theory of mind on my end as to why this person would solicit $5000+ from the people they just harassed. Sheer cluelessness does fit the facts, though.
> I do not understand why it's my job as an author to play whack-a-mole with a multibillion-dollar company who puts hallucinations into their feed as a business practice.
[1] https://www.wired.com/story/future-of-truth-ai-interview/
It's got the right combinations of inexperience, cluelessness, panic, expectations that Westerners are rich, and hopes of others being willing to fix their mistake.