Hacker News with Generative AI: Deception

Boeing Wonderland: The Fake Cities on America's West Coast (2013) (warfarehistorynetwork.com)
Through clever visual trickery, vital West Coast warplane plants were made invisible to prying enemy aerial eyes.

History, Military, Photography, Deception

129 points by NaOH 16 days ago | 41 comments

Scientists developed a novel method to detect lies (universal-sci.com)
Can you spot a liar? Although almost all of us tell a lie once in a while, we are remarkably bad at consistently and accurately spotting them.

Science, Deception, Psychology

18 points by lapnect 25 days ago | 21 comments

Elderly dementia patients are unwittingly fueling political campaigns (cnn.com)
A CNN investigation reveals how deceptive political fundraising has misled elderly Americans into giving away millions of dollars

Politics, Elderly, Deception, Fundraising, Investigations

122 points by atlasunshrugged 30 days ago | 180 comments

The Optimus robots at Tesla's Cybercab event were humans in disguise (theverge.com)
Tesla made sure its Optimus robots were a big part of its extravagant, in-person Cybercab reveal last week. The robots mingled with the crowd, served drinks to and played games with guests, and danced inside a gazebo. Seemingly most surprisingly, they could even talk. But it was mostly just a show.

Robotics, Tesla, Events, Deception

117 points by achristmascarl 39 days ago | 120 comments

Tesla's Beer-Serving Optimus Robot Was Controlled by a Human the Whole Time (jalopnik.com)
Tesla’s big autonomy event last night was mainly focused around the two-seat Cybercab and art deco city bus Robovan, but the company also talked about some updates to Optimus — the painfully slow robot that Elon Musk hopes will be an infinite money glitch for the company. The event’s afterparty heavily featured Optimus as a bartender and dancer, but it turns out the bot wasn’t doing anything itself. Tesla employees were remote controlling it the whole time.

Tesla, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Deception

93 points by toomanyrichies 40 days ago | 92 comments

Pro bettors disguising themselves as gambling addicts (bloomberg.com)
Pro bettors have taken to disguising themselves as gambling addicts so sportsbooks keep the free money flowing.

Sports Betting, Gambling, Deception, Business

251 points by JumpCrisscross 51 days ago | 299 comments

AI: Markets for Lemons, and the Great Logging Off (2022) (fortressofdoors.com)
What happens when most "people" you interact with on the internet are fake?

Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Social Media, Deception

111 points by sebg 66 days ago | 132 comments

OnlyFans' porn juggernaut fueled by a deception (reuters.com)

Social Media, Business, Controversy, Deception

59 points by achow 101 days ago | 104 comments

AI can strategically lie to humans. Are we in trouble? (bigthink.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Deception

6 points by elashri 125 days ago | 0 comments

When whimsical wildlife photography isn't what it seems (pbs.org)