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[–] nfultz@awful.systems 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/rentahuman-musk-ai h/t naked capitalism

Liteplo is the genius behind RentAHuman, an online marketplace where humans can lease out their bodies to autonomous AI agents.

gah

Last week, Wired writer Reece Rogers offered his body up to the platform, finding that most of the jobs offered were scams to promote other AI startups.

lmao of course they were

[–] lurker@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

it’s always the Elon Musk fans isnt it.

and on the topic of Futurism articles on Elon Musk: https://futurism.com/future-society/court-trouble-jury-hates-elon-musk

one word: LMFAOOOO

[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 5 points 17 hours ago

@lurker @nfultz

> If it was any other defendant and a juror said “I hate that guy and he has no moral compass,” Broome argued, that juror would be dismissed

I mean, maybe, but this is an Objectively Correct Opinion

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Forget who said it (I think e.w. niedermeyer) but if you were a true Musk Hater you would lie your way into that jury no matter the cost

[–] jonhendry@iosdev.space 7 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

@V0ldek @lurker

You’d need to have a clean social media history with no negative comments about Musk, and probably have to avoid such comments after the trial, lest Musk’s lawyers get wind of it.

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It takes dedication, but the payoff is too big to not try

[–] antifuchs@awful.systems 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)
[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 5 points 14 hours ago

Nuke your socials for the trial

Hardest choices, strongest wills, etc.

Imagine the book you could write at the end

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Revolutionary Sneerpuku

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 3 points 20 hours ago

Well, just dont use your real name online.