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1092 points meetpateltech | 1 comments | 26 Aug 25 14:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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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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lionkor ◴[26 Aug 25 15:06 UTC] No.45027633[source]▶
Not to victim-shame or anything, but that sounds more like more than one safety mechanism failed, the convincing tech only being a rather small part of it?
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knicholes ◴[26 Aug 25 19:50 UTC] No.45031446[source]▶
Yes, more than one safety mechanism failed. Coinbase actually flagged the transaction, but I was so desperate to get it to go through, I went through their facial validation process to expedite the transaction. If I hadn't for just a couple more minutes, I'd have realized it was a scam.
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1. prawn ◴[27 Aug 25 03:49 UTC] No.45035271[source]▶
Scams usually have an element of urgency so you don't stop to think.

Why did you and your graduate friends think an insanely rich man with a huge number of staff needed your financial help in testing transactions? This reminds me of those people that fall for celebrity love scams, where a rich celebrity needs their money - just baffling.