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		wpietri on Dec 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: John Carmack Leaves Meta Your theory is that it isn't a scam if the people can afford to lose the money? That is certainly not how I think of them.

qbasic_forever on Dec 17, 2022 [–]

A scam implies malfeasance or fraud. There can be scam companies anywhere. What I'm saying is that AI is not inherently full of scammy companies, unlike say crypto. Sure AI tech is over-hyped but it isn't designed to defraud people.

JohnFen on Dec 17, 2022 | [–]

Over-hyping is defrauding people.

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