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In the third episode of Gotcha!, our mini-series on scams, @alixdunn.com talks with @lanalanalana.bsky.social and @alicetiara.bsky.social about how generative AI is reshaping the fraud industry.

This was a great conversation. @alixdunn.com asked all the right questions. And of course I love this whole series

This was such a great convo and thrilled to be part of a whole series on scams and schemes. Thanks @alixdunn.com !

How is AI changing the nature of scams? @lanalanalana.bsky.social & @alicetiara.bsky.social spoke to @alixdunn.com on @themaybe.org to explain how AI automates & scales the work already being done in massive, exploitative “cybercrime compounds” around the world. www.themaybe.org/podcast/gotc...

Two amazing positions at University of Copenhagen on finfluencers and online communities

Post-doc: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

Adding to my ever-expanding list of "Things that Have Been Called Scams"

Yay let's meet up

Who else is heading to Copenhagen for Finance and Society?

For what it's worth, this is in The Engagements. But yes.

Finn Brunton has excellent unpublished stuff about this.

Putting finalizing syllabus. Key terms:
hawk tuah
enshittification
channel stuffing
scambaiting
pig butchering
harpoon phishing
sextortion
WAGMI

Class is about ethics, obviously

Very pleased to announce the full programme for this year's Finance and Society conference, which will take place on 11-12 September at Copenhagen Business School. Registration now open to the public. Come join us!
@finandsoc.bsky.social financeandsocietynetwork.org/prog-finands...

For more, don’t miss our recent primer “ScamGPT: GenAI and the Automation of Fraud” by @lanalanalana.bsky.social, @alicetiara.bsky.social and Kate Larson. datasociety.net/library/scam...

I chat with @jathansadowski.com about AI, scams, and conspiracy theories on the new ep of This Machine Kills. soundcloud.com/thismachinek... and don't forget to read @lanalanalana.bsky.social and I's report on ScamGPT: datasociety.net/library/scam...

IU has the oldest Folklore Department in the country--no longer a major. Cognitive Science? gone! PhD programs also sacrificed. Full list here: www.in.gov/che/files/In...

So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...

And now with open access on our blog www.journalofculturaleconomy.org/a-sociology-...

Headed to Stockholm for IMSW. Hit me up if you are too

This elderly man was absolutely heckling First Class passengers on this flight.

"Oh look it's the members of the privileged class. Con-grat-u-lations!"

The complexities resonate with our recent publication by @lanalanalana.bsky.social, @alicetiara.bsky.social & Kate Larson, which outlines how AI complicates distinctions between authentic and deceptive behavior, reshaping social interactions and economic relations. datasociety.net/library/scam...