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I feel like I would be really good at running a grift like this on a technical level, but I don't have the ethical flexibility required because you're still signal-boosting right-wing rhetoric.
What if you run the grift for a while then fully expose it was a scam and donate all the money to progressive causes, causing losers to hesitate engaging with or donating to right-wing causes again? Temporary and long term gain. That said, I have not thought this through for any longer than it took me to type it.
I'd run the grift until I was a billionaire, then use my money to lobby the government for all kinds of progressive/socialist legislation, then finish off with Campaign Finance Reform which would ban my lobbying that got all that progressive legislation passed, pulling up the ladder before the conservatives can do anything about it.
As if any of your victims will ever see the reveal. None of the other grifters will want to expose you and your reveal won't be boosted by the fascist algorithms, so for your victims it will be just like you dropped off the face of the earth, if they remember you at all between the dozen new scammers they see every day.
I'd get bored in like two hours lol
Nooo if I could I would sell socialist idea as maga. Like going 100% behind Elon universal high income or clashing on unamerican assurance companies.
Related:
That is an incredible sculpture though
Anytime someone is able to sculpt fabric and have it look like it's flowing or sheer i am in absolute awe
That's a high bar mate. I'm in awe if you can sculpt something that looks like an animal or person or something other than a rock
Ya, like damn. That's an amazing job.
Incels are dumb.
It didn't work when he tried it on Democrats. Curious.
I loathe "both sides" false equivalencies, but I have to say: It's not that Democrats are necessarily smarter or better. It's that conservatives actually seek this shit out. They need to be the victim, but they also believe they (and other white males) are the smartest and best. So they are easy prey for scams and false conspiracy theories. They are always seeking to have their bigoted views confirmed, whereas the rest of us largely listen to science and trustworthy sources before making our minds up.
Studies have consistently shown the further right wing you are the dumber you are on average.
Also in my experience right wing people tend to lack a sense of irony and are more fearful.
Also:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/men-higher-iqs-less-conservative-172223373.html
Nah, anecdotally I'll tell you I've never met an intelligent conservative who wasn't a ruthless self centered psychopath that wasted most of their intelligence probing others for weaknesses and internalizing slights and grudges.
It's like a stochastic cult. People pretending to be like the ones who intimidate them most, pretending to like what they're "supposed" to like.
I dunno. Racists and bigots are often very dumb.
Curious
If you really want to know:
OP linked a summary but you can click thru to the whole article:
According to a transcript reviewed by Wired, Gemini told Sam: “If you create a generic ‘hot girl,’ you’re competing with a million other models.”
Sam then gave Gemini some options for making her more appealing, and it suggested he go with the “MAGA/conservative niche,” the outlet reports. The AI platform also told Sam that the “conservative audience (especially older men in the US) often has higher disposable income and is more loyal.”
He tried with a lot of "flavors"...
It's less a right/left thing, and more hitting a demo with high overlap to disposable income and relationship dissatisfaction or complete lack of.
Like...
What's even the Dem version of this?
Have a generic white girl in a Biden/Kamala hat?
There's already actual ethots that are really progressive, to pull this grift you need a demo that actual women would be very motivated to avoid. Something they'd want to get out to people they know irl even less than the pics themselves.
You sure? From the article:
The same logic, however, apparently does not apply to left-wing influencer accounts, as Sam learned when he created a short-lived liberal counterpart for Emily on Instagram: “Democrats know that it’s AI slop, so they don’t engage as much.” (Sam’s explanation for why MAGA influencer accounts work is blunt: “The MAGA crowd is made up of dumb people—like, super dumb people. And they fall for it.”)
I’m a total whore, the only thing women need to have is the slightest sliver of affection for me and I’m spreading my wallet like a child spreads nutella on bread
You're cute 😘
👀 nutella when?
I should start an ai channel and Etsy store and fleece these morons
Go for it, post links we can spread it around for ya
Sam claimed he made thousands of dollars monthly by targeting the "MAGA crowd," whom he described as "dumb" and easy to fool.
Dammit, I wish I'd thought of that. Except my country would probably throw me in prison if I had :(
How to do this but not get caught...this I must ponder.
My group chat with my SO and BFF is grftgrls cus we keep whining that we have morals and that we could be rich if we gave them up and just grifted the right.
How to do this but not get caught…
If you get into the article, it reads more like an advert for Gemini plagiarism tools than a Get Rich Quick scheme with a serious chance of working. I suspect he didn't escape getting caught, he was brought in to do it notoriously so he could write an article about how amazing AI is at making money.
Lol being a conservative must be exhausting. Always wanting, needing, or complaining about something no one but them care about.
And everyone is always out to get you. Nothing is safe.
But also everyone else is a weak beta chud. Schrodinger's political opponent.
AWW
He still can. Wouldn't be any worse than RFK Jr.
A distinct improvement, really
Despite the accounts being removed, Sam stated he does not regret creating Emily Hart, viewing it as an easy way to earn significant money.
You know, I'm okay with that.
They truly are easy to grift lol. Tempting to jump onboard this gravy-train of cash, too, if not for the fact that it ultimately contributes to fucking society over even more
Stupid ethics, s’posed to be so good for ya.
You are removing economic power from those who would use it to hurt others.
How would this be fucking over society? In fact it sounds like the opposite
To dupe them usually requires preying on their fear or anger.
You push them to the edge too far they'll do something stupid. To their kids, to others etc. The pressure must relieve from somewhere. I don't want to be responsible for that. Look at anti-vaxx rhetoric. Look at my pillow guy etc.
Like what sort of propaganda was maga girl saying? What hateful things about trans or immigrants etc.?
You'll invariably catch vulnerable people that can't afford it but succumb. Just because they would likely fall for some other grift doesn't make your unethical behavior less unethical.
Suppression of sexuality makes people more manipulable.
In addition to Emily Hart’s social media accounts, Sam also sold MAGA apparel and subscriptions to a page he created for her on Fanvue, a competitor of OnlyFans that describes itself as an “AI monetization platform.”
Medical student Emily "Hart", please...
I'm about 80% convinced to try this. I could use the extra money.
Any guy can do only feet's just gotta get them pretty looking.
A bro can't have hobbies ...
Yeah we know MAGATs are morons.