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1. BLKNSL+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-12-17 23:21:04
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.

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2. lapeti+d5[view] [source] 2025-12-18 00:01:55
>>BLKNSL+(OP)
What is the average length of time for new tech to escape porn and crime and integrate into real applications? Longer than 15 years?
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3. BLKNSL+d7[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-18 00:17:30
>>lapeti+d5
Some kind of function of how quickly regulation comes to the technology.
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4. denism+oY[view] [source] 2025-12-18 09:54:24
>>BLKNSL+(OP)
How were criminals the early adopters of Internet, Video streaming and AI?
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5. wnevet+jx1[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-18 14:14:26
>>denism+oY
They weren't but it makes certain people feel better to say it.
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6. BLKNSL+ec4[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-19 07:26:19
>>denism+oY
Single 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

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