The transformer property is neither relevant to, nor incompatible with, the Markov property.
The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier for the puller.
P. T. Barnum
Officer! Officer! Why am I getting a speeding ticket? Look at those cars, they're clearly speeding too and you've stopped me!
Step away from the vehicle and calm down, sir.
They have. The main way of taking people's money with AI is impersonation scams (*). That's what mimicry technology is all about, after all: pretending some person you trust is talking to you or doing something. Ad serving is merely the more acceptable end of the continuum.
(*) Maybe you don't believe? Let's see: making pictures in the style of some known artist, making video of famous people saying things they never did, generating music that sounds like somebody's just released breakout hit, making fake nudes of school children, pretending to be a therapist for depressed people, pretending to be a legal aid or even an actual lawyer, writing recipes by combining ingredients from the web, writing books and papers full of word salad but looks authentic, etc, etc.
Everything on this list is about pretending that someone or something you trust did a thing. Pure mimicry. Because you trust the original, you get fooled, and you're likely to pay money for it. It's the oldest scam in the world.
NOT asking questions is also a skill. That's why some OTHER journalists are paid the big bucks
Me too!
Refreshed by a brief blackout, I got to my feet and went next door. -- Martin Amis, _Money_
