Let me make a suggestion which I have not seen anywhere else, and for which I have no evidence, but which seems to be a very obvious explanation for what is happening. Is it AI that is facilitating these attacks, making them more effective, and in the process creating ways to undermine the operation of our society in the long run?
No evidence yet Athena-like from The Sage’s Brow.
Well, we know how dangerous AI can be. Some of his recent quantum articles for example. Vogon poetry is mild by comparison.
As usual Spuddo has been living under a rock…
“AI”, or rather ever more advanced and effective sets of algorythms sifting through large datasets, or crunching “uncrackable” numbers, or imitating player action in games, or….have been on the rise for the past decade or two.
Ever since the raw computing power has been widely and cheaply available.
And of course the less scrupulous contingent have never been at the absolute bleeding edge of its applications… [/sarc]
It shall never be Karen from HR opening that dodgy attachment from her spambox in her private mail on her home PC working from home while simultaneously having her work connection open, and….
Nothing of any value will spring Athena-like from Spuddo’s brow – even if Hephaestus were to crack his skull open!
This was my favourite paragraph as it summed up his credo very nicely:
I admit, I think the world could survive without JLR. I can find no obvious need for any one of the cars that it produces, all of which waste the world’s valuable resources in ways that are meant to signal the supposed status of the driver, but which come at a considerable cost to society at large, not least by helping destroy our planet at a cost to generations to come.
As a barometer of spiteful, hate-filled venom that would be hard to top.
Human existance is about satisfying wants not needs. Spud wants us to be vegetables.
Well, in fairness, and unlike most lefties, he’s setting an example.
Spuddy Trabants all round then!
Tell me Richard, where did the AI touch you?
There’s roughly speaking 3 things going on here:-
Root cause of most of this stuff? Hiring teams of foreigners on the cheap. There are actually a load of good foreign people but there’s always a temptation not to hire the good blokes from Bangalore or Hanoi, but the cheapo guys from there.