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I suspect people are reading the headline and downvoting this post.
The article covers how a popular AI trend on social media is making talentless hacks money by posting AI generated images of “family members” stood by a piece of art and saying “my grandfather carved this but nobody appreciates his work”. Then gullible people on Facebook willingly give them money believing it’s real.
It seems to not RTFA is a time honoured tradition we've carried with us from Slashdot, to reddit, and now to Lemmy.
Upvote just for sharing the same twisted path as me.