Any sufficiently advanced business model is indistinguishable from organized crime.
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@thegibson
Any sufficiently devolved mentality is indistinguishable from AI slop.
@thegibson
As my former boss said: it's a mafia but the best we have at the moment.
He said the same about governments.
As my former boss said: it's a mafia but the best we have at the moment.
He said the same about governments.
@thegibson that's funny because I've been reconsidering a life in organized crime.... 🤔
@thegibson any sufficiently organized crime is indistinguishable from a normal business.
@ajroach42 see the origin of Las Vegas casinos as a perfect example.
@thegibson
For that rare reader who doesn't recognize your admirable subreference to Clarke's Third Law:
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
— Arthur C. Clarke (1973)
If you were a SaaS provider looking to monetize data you held of your customers, but legally and contractually you couldn’t… who would you call?
I’m not saying it’s actively a thing, just pointing out the likelihood it happens more often than we think.
@thegibson I would call the ghostbusters, because obviously I'm possessed by some evil spirit.
@thegibson Be right back, just creating my next startup: Plausibly Deniable Data Laundry PLC
@phlash see, you get me.
@thegibson Yup. I know of payment processors who had sections of the legal team focused on how to monetize transaction data without violating agreements/contracts. Of course, the latter weren’t as protective as people usually assumed either. A lot of times the fact the data wasn’t leveraged more was because it didn’t contain details it was often assumed it did (e.g., SKU level data, which was often only on certain types of transactions).
@thegibson
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice 😇
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