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by Ygg2 4 hours ago
> but crypto is still hanging on among its supporters

From what I last heard about crypto miners, the price of mining is not enough to justify price of rig + electricity, so they are quietly switching to AI.

Wonder how long the second scam will last.

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AI can’t exactly be turned into money the way crypto shenanigans can.

You can sell inference, but it has to actually be real.

You can sell scams -- LLMs may be dubious at many tasks, but they're probably good enough to use to write personalized email or texts convincing random people to send you money.