Yesterday, Reddit was comparing the photos and saying, "this isn't the same guy."
I think the fan fiction is, while the "guy caught in public with all the evidence in his possession" is being processed, the "real guy who did it" is using that misdirection to disappear.

glatt wrote:

He went from folk hero to unabomber psycho in like 12 hours.

That impulse across society to view him as a hero, was a real thing. No matter how perceptions change over time, that happened.
 

griff wrote:

... abusive use of AI to deny payment still exists.

Funny, we were just discussing this is another topic.
It seems we've finally figured out how the imminent threat posed by AI is going to play out-- exactly how a 1980s dystopian film would have predicted.
The predatory class will be using physical drones to blow up people's bodies, and 'philosophical zombies' to blow up people's financial security. 
 

Flint wrote:

griff wrote:

... abusive use of AI to deny payment still exists.

Funny, we were just discussing this is another topic.
It seems we've finally figured out how the imminent threat posed by AI is going to play out-- exactly how a 1980s dystopian film would have predicted.
The predatory class will be using physical drones to blow up people's bodies, and 'philosophical zombies' to blow up people's financial security. 
 

That's a pretty rough take. I can't really argue with it though.

Greatest danger from AI is that so many do not know how to separate liars from reailty.  Liars only order us what to believe.  AI would do the same thing.  Insist that Saddam had WMDs.  Since that is what so many tweets said.

AI, just like citizens who do not know how to separate liars from honesty, will suffer the same way.  And then the so many, who also knew the election was stolen, will also believer everything that AI says.

Honest people always ignore podcasts, tweets, and other rabid sources of disinformation.  Honesty only exists the the claim also comes with many paragraphs and relevant numbers that also say why.  And then the hypothesis can be proven.  Until then, moderates never believe hearsay of wild speculation.  And know the fewer source that always confirm their reports three times over before making that claim.

Saddam's WMDs will always remain the classic example of how and why so many still refuse to learn how to learn.  So many wait for the Central Committee (or an AI bot) to order them how to feel.  Also called not learning how to, instead, think.

AI is the same danger that is also called podcasts,  Infowars, and Fox News.

Another similar example of the threat is the MBA.  Who, for example in Boeing, will kill people and have no regrets.  Will simply lie about it for 20 years.  Until we finally learn how bad things were getting.  Also just as dangerous as AI that so many will automatically believe until it is too late.

 

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OMG!!!! Drones!!!!

Season Premiere - Game Of Drones

Just in time for the holidays! I hope they have lots of pretty lights.

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/new-crisis-hotline-for-ceos

New York state is considering creating a special hotline exclusively for CEOs to report perceived threats, CNN reported this morning. Nice little reminder of just how responsive government can be when it comes to corporate executives.

This is begging for snark.

Clodfobble wrote:

…Hundreds of thousands of Nintendo-branded clothing items featuring Luigi have been sold in the last couple of weeks….

Some of it probably went to CEOs trying to hide in plain sight by wearing Luigiflage (Luigi camouflage). It’s a technique.
 

Concur.

I had an FAA registration number issued under the Exception for Limited Recreational Operations of Unmanned Aircraft (USC 44809). It costs $5 for 3 yrs. It covers all of the qualifying drones a person has.

I stopped renewing it when I got my stealth drone.

Anon wrote:

I stopped renewing it when I got my stealth drone.

So that is how you will earn your 5 minutes of fame.  After scaring every extremist in the country.