Crypto grifters are recruiting open-source AI developers
4 months ago
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- Geoff Huntley’s 'Ralph Wiggum loop' and Steve Yegge’s 'Gas Town' are recent AI developments.
- $RALPH and $GAS are cryptocurrency coins created on Solana and Bags, unrelated to the AI projects.
- Crypto traders airdropped coins to Yegge and Huntley, framing them as support for their open-source work.
- Bags allows creating coins that pay fees to a Twitter account, enticing celebrities with free money.
- Open-source AI developers are targeted due to their influence and the technical nature of their audience.
- The scheme is seen as predatory, benefiting insiders while misleading investors and developers.
- Bags promotes the idea of community support, masking the pump-and-dump nature of the coins.