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Musician charged with fraud for inflating streams with AI and bots (spillsomebeans.com)
submitted 2 years ago by griffinger@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That's 27000 streams/hour. How? Why did this take years to discover? How did this not get automatically detected within minutes?

WTF am I doing with my life if it is this easy to scam 2.4million in a year? 1 year and I could yoink it all and move to some BF island in the middle of nowhere with no extradition and live the rest of my life playing Blackjack and Hookers.

[–] femtech@midwest.social 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder if they wouldn't have been caught if they only did 200k a year.

[–] kaitco@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Getting those Office Space vibes.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just double check your decimal places.

[–] griffinger@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago

exactly my thought. man would be out paying some millions, and he will enjoy

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 2 years ago

I feel that way about ten second dumbfuck GMod videos on YouTube with a million views. Who knew heads in toilets would end up being a worldwide sensation?

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Couldn't you argue Meta scams investors by allowing bots and AI to inflate their user base numbers?

[–] protist@mander.xyz 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

*Charged for falsifying his identity and billing info

Posting AI-generated songs is perfectly legal, and there are other people who have made 6 figures doing this without committing fraud

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

The charges have nothing to do with the content he uploaded. Are people so ready to give their opinion on AI that they assume AI must be the reason he's getting charged?

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Yup, the key difference is their listeners are actually human.

[–] purrtastic@lemmy.nz 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The charges this guy is facing are insane.