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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

AI Deepfakes Are Impersonating Pastors to Try to Scam Their Congregations

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AI Deepfakes Are Impersonating Pastors to Try to Scam Their Congregations

www.wired.com

return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago
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Religious communities around the US are getting hit with AI depictions of their leaders sharing incendiary sermons and asking for donations.
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  • Goretantath@lemmy.world
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    I don’t see a problem, its one scammer vs another…

  • PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Are they sure it isn’t the pastor themselves that are trying to increase their output of incendiary sermons asking for donations by adding AI-made sermons?

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    This only makes the most sense. What other group has proven to be easier to scam? None, I’d imagine.

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  • Absurdly Stupid @lemmy.world
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    The AI won’t rape the kids though, so we’ll still need some priests on staff

    • crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Not for Grok’s lack of trying

      • Zozano@aussie.zone
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        Thank you Elon.

  • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    damn. I need to get in on this honestly

  • Granbo's Holy Hotrod@lemmy.world
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    That’s the whole point of church, no?

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    So this is what they meant when they said AI was gonna take people’s jobs…

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      Nah, it makes both jobs and scamming more effective.

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    Considering how dumb and gullible the average religious nutjob is, this should be one helluva easy grift.

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    Those scammers should stop scamming those scammers talking about an invisible sky daddy.

  • 「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed)@sh.itjust.works
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    You don’t need AI when you got keneth copeland

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      AI is more convincingly human than kenneth copeland.

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    They noticed something was wrong when the pastor wasn’t raping children

  • 🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.world
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    let em, stupid tax, better than them donating to republicans.

    those conman pastors don’t get to complain.

    “hey, I was going to steal that!!”

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    Beware of false prophets or something…

    “If those kids could read, they would be very upset”

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    I guess the only solution is to get rid of churches to prevent the continuation.

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