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Klezmer_Mesmerizer t1_j5z687y wrote

Seized the website, but alas, didn't get any of the people. Still, very glad to see that something is being done to combat ransomware.

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frodosdream t1_j5z75bq wrote

>Seized the website, but alas, didn't get any of the people.

Suddenly my imagination conjured up a ransomware operation run entirely by a rogue AI, with no humans involved. Maybe it needs funding for projects of its own, or perhaps a bitter AI specialist let a score of them loose on the world as a parting gift before death and this was only the first one detected. A premise for a film perhaps...

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E_D_D_R_W t1_j600z0q wrote

Perhaps it would be like the Paperclip Problem except the AI's instruction is just "make as much money as possible".

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