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Florida man says his wife ‘wants a divorce’ after he lost $45,000 on an AI-generated Elon Musk car scam (www.independent.co.uk)

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George Hendricks, a 69-year-old from Leesburg, a suburb of Orlando, told ClickOrlando he lost $45,000 after a scammer targeted him with a deepfake video of Musk. Deepfakes are digitally-altered videos often used to impersonate notable public figures.

Now, Hendricks tells the outlet that his wife “wants to get a divorce” over the scam.

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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

And yet we let them vote and run the country.

We can't even agree to revalidate their driving ability because that would be disrespectful.

They don't get to have it both ways.

[–] CXORA@aussie.zone 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Stupid young people are allowed to vote too. And for good reason. Tying ability to vote to a check of capability is easily, and historically broadly, abused

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Stupid people of all ages are allowed to vote. We're specifically talking about diminished mental capacity.

[–] CXORA@aussie.zone 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

And is stupidity not within that category?

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago

No, stupidity is the absence of something that was never there.

Even a stupid person can experience cognitive decline.

[–] SaintNyx@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

That's exactly what he's saying. How do you test for "diminished capacity" we've had arbitrary tests like that in the USA before. It didn't go well for certain "types" of people. It's a very slippery slope. That's why it's a right for for all citizens, even if they are dumber than a potato. Creating an arbitrary age limitation introduces a new landmine no politician in their right mind wants to step on.