As the AI market continues to balloon, experts are warning that its VC-driven rise is eerily similar to that of the dot com bubble.

As the AI market continues to balloon, experts are warning that its VC-driven rise is eerily similar to that of the dot com bubble.

  • Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Sure, both of which are more straightforwardly useful tools for financial crimes than a phone is, and less generally useful for other purposes.

    I guess phones are better for spying people.

    Good for you? But many, many people are getting scammed…some directly through the technology itself.

    Technology doesn’t scam people, it’s not alive. People get scammed in all areas of life, regardless of technology they use. It’s ridiculous that I have to explain this again.

    Crypto is so popular and useful for criming that ransomware is practically a first order use case for it.

    I doubt it, but it’s irrelevant. Criminals use many things that ordinary people also use.

    I guess? Makes it pretty useless as a payment method then.

    Not really. There is a difference between giving someone your money vs paying for a service. But you know this. It’s silly that you keep saying things like that. It just makes you look stupid or dishonest. There are many real things you could criticize about cryptocurrency and I would agree with you on many of them. There is no need to make stuff up.

    My first advice would be to not exchange dollars you need for digital junk that may become worthless, stolen, or forgotten.

    Right, only cryptocurrency could become worthless, stolen or forgotten. Paper junk can’t.

    • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Technology doesn’t scam people, it’s not alive. People get scammed in all areas of life, regardless of technology they use. It’s ridiculous that I have to explain this again.

      “Crypto doesn’t scam people, people scam people” 🙄. It’s ridiculous that you have an inability or unwillingness to reasonably evaluate a tool and what its common and obvious uses are. Oh wait, you can do that with tools you don’t like:

      I guess phones are better for spying people.

      There is a difference between giving someone your money vs paying for a service.

      Depends upon how you’re going to guarantee fulfillment of the service…which is a thing you can’t really do without a mediating party…unless it’s ugly ape art or a different form of shitcoin.

      Right, only cryptocurrency could become worthless, stolen or forgotten. Paper junk can’t.

      USD isn’t only “paper junk”, but I should’ve expected that as a crypto enthusiast you wouldn’t understand actual currency.