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Criminals and the porn industry are almost invariably early adopters of new technologies. For better or worse their use-cases are proof-of-concepts that get exp
by BLKNSLVR 11mo ago
Criminals and the porn industry are almost invariably early adopters of new technologies. For better or worse their use-cases are proof-of-concepts that get expanded and built on, if successful, by more legitimate industries.
Re: the Internet.
Re: Peer-to-peer.
Re: Video streaming.
Re: AI.
- lapetitejort 11mo agoWhat is the average length of time for new tech to escape porn and crime and integrate into real applications? Longer than 15 years?
- BLKNSLVR 11mo agoSome kind of function of how quickly regulation comes to the technology.
- denismenace 11mo agoHow were criminals the early adopters of Internet, Video streaming and AI?
- wnevets 11mo agoThey weren't but it makes certain people feel better to say it.
- BLKNSLVR 11mo agoSingle examples: Internet: The Cuckoo's Egg (nation state, more so than criminals maybe, but it's a blurry distinction) AI: Elon Musk youtube (often cryptocurrency scam) ads Video streaming was more obviously exclusively a porn thing