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1092 points meetpateltech | 11 comments | 26 Aug 25 14:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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adidoit ◴[26 Aug 25 15:00 UTC] No.45027540[source]▶
Very impressive.

I have to say while I'm deeply impressed by these text to image models, there's a part of me that's also wary of their impact. Just look at the comments beneath the average Facebook post.

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knicholes[dead post] ◴[26 Aug 25 15:04 UTC] No.45027591[source]▶
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1. Imustaskforhelp ◴[26 Aug 25 15:08 UTC] No.45027662[source]▶
Please pardon me since I don't know if this is satirical or not. I'd wish if you could clarify it.

Because if this is real, then the world is cooked

if not, then the fact that I think that It might be real but the only reason I believe its a joke is because you are on hackernews so I think that either you are joking or the tech has gotten so convincing that even people on hackernews (which I hold to a fair standard) are getting scammed.

I have a lot of questions if true and I am sorry for your loss if that's true and this isn't satire but I'd love it if you could tell me if its a satirical joke or not.

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2. bauruine ◴[26 Aug 25 15:12 UTC] No.45027732[source]▶
I guess it was something like [0] The Nigerian prince is now a deep fake Elon but the concept is the same. You need to send some money to get way more back.

[0]: https://www.ncsc.admin.ch/ncsc/en/home/aktuell/im-fokus/2023...

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3. Imustaskforhelp ◴[26 Aug 25 15:15 UTC] No.45027768[source]▶
hm, but isn't it wild thinking that elon is talking to you and asking you for 15k , like bro has the money of his lifetime, why would he ask you?

It doesn't make that much sense idk

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4. Jensson ◴[26 Aug 25 15:52 UTC] No.45028244{3}[source]▶
Even Elon could lose his credit card or something, the story they spin is always something like that "I am rich but in a pickle, please send some money here and then I'll send you back 10x as much tomorrow when I get back to my account", but of course they never send it back.

Edit: But of course Elon would call someone he knows rather than a stranger, rich people know a lot of people so of course they would never contact you about this.

5. tantalor ◴[26 Aug 25 15:54 UTC] No.45028275[source]▶
That's an "advance fee" scam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam

6. atrus ◴[26 Aug 25 16:13 UTC] No.45028549{3}[source]▶
I remember watching the SpaceX channel on youtube, which isn't a legit source. AI Elon basically says "I want to help make bitcoin more popular, let me show you how easy it it to transfer money around with btc. Send my $X and I'll send you back $2X! It's very inline with a typical elon message (I'll give you 1 million to vote R), it's on a channel called SpaceX. It's pretty believable.

Granted I played Runescape and EvE as a kid, so any double-isk scams are immediate redflags.

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7. runarberg ◴[26 Aug 25 16:43 UTC] No.45029022[source]▶
There are a lot of people on the internet, and every individual on the internet is in a unique situation. Chances are some of them are very likely to be persuaded by a scam which seems obvious to you.

Parent’s story is very believable, even if parent made this particular story up (which I personally don‘t think is the case) this has probably happened to somebody.

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8. Imustaskforhelp ◴[26 Aug 25 17:23 UTC] No.45029591{4}[source]▶
Now I have never played runescape but have heard of this legendary game in references.

For some reason, my mind confused runescape with neopets from the odd1sout video which I think is a good watch.

Scams That Should be Illegal : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyoBNHqah30

9. empath75 ◴[26 Aug 25 17:38 UTC] No.45029780{4}[source]▶
It's only believable to the extent that I believe that Musk would actually run such a transparently obvious scam.
10. Imustaskforhelp ◴[26 Aug 25 18:06 UTC] No.45030140[source]▶
Ya maybe I didn't get their tone correctly which is why I was actually serious if they were joking or not.

If they aren't joking, I apologize.

11. knicholes ◴[26 Aug 25 19:20 UTC] No.45030986[source]▶
Not satire. He made a big speech about rewarding those who invested early in tech to move humanity forward and the benefits of the blockchain. It was extremely convincing. Three college grads and a medical doctor were all convinced.