Mitchell & Webb Sound - Identity Theft
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN posts it as the obligatory joke link in threads about data breaches, credit bureaus and bank security failures.
What it is
A sketch from That Mitchell and Webb Sound in which a caller learns that identity theft is, in effect, a bank robbery in which the bank blames the customer. It runs about two minutes.
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What Hacker News said
Cites chatmasta · 2023-03 · on “Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio”
Did the world become a much worse place when the internet arrived, or did the positives end up outweighing the negatives? There were a few years where Nigerian scammers could convince grandma they were a prince who needed a bank transfer, but eventually grandma figured out the scam. I don't see why AI would be any different - sure, there may be an increase in new scams for a few years, but people will learn and adapt, like they always have. And meanwhile the positive aspects of AI will have a positive impact on society. Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater because we can imagine all the ways to abuse new technology. Maybe instead of freaking out and trying to restrict innovation,