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So the legit uses for Bitcoin and

2024-05-01 20:10:02.764373+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

So the legit uses for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies at this point have been pretty much reduced to malware and helping North Korea and Russia evade sanctions.

I've been thinking about LLMs in the context of cryptocurrencies, how much of the early hype was in glossing over the core flaws which make both technologies unsuitable for purpose.

And realized, with the rise of automated spam from LLMs, that the end uses of both technologies are the same. The parallels run deeper than I thought.

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