Lying to large corporation.
Quick story to go along with this. I purchased a new in the box playpen from a used clothing and good sale. After opening it and setting it up, it seems like it was missing a hole to attach one of the secondary accessories to this playpen. Everything else was working and this was something that was a nice to have add on.
After a week of trying to prove that I purchased this item and is actually missing that hole, I was informed this was unreplaceable but I could get a refund. After I said I wanted a refund I was informed that I needed to destroy the entire item to get the $50 refund and send them pictures. So I had to either destroy the only functional part of this item or find a picture that looks like I did. I decided on lying and used a Gen-AI image tool to create this. It ended up working out and I am getting the refund without breaking anything. If they are forcing this technology down our throats, I will use to circumvent stupid policies. Hopefully the energy used to create the photo is less than the energy needed to create a one playpen.
Obviously this is just theory because who would steal from a large corporation.....
10 Comments
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 1y
Two wrongs don't make a right, but maybe together they can make one thing slightly less wrong. Interesting take.
dumples@midwest.social · 11 pts · 1y
Exactly. Perfect is the enemy of good. This may not be right but is better than other options. If I can circumvent wasteful and stupid corporate policies which are screwing me, I will do the same back
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 17 pts · 1y
Look, you do you, but... I think you've essentially just confessed to committing fraud in writing, on the Internet. This case is probably not a big enough deal for anyone to spend time and energy trying to prosecute it, but it's generally a bad idea. Everything here is publicly accessible.
dumples@midwest.social · 9 pts · 1y
Ugh. You are so right. I hate the new internet where even pseudo-anonymous things can be traced back. I might have to delete this
Albbi@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
You could edit the post to say that you theoretically could do this, but never would in real life.
Ulrich@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
There are lots of legitimate uses for AI:
The problem is:
the_q@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 1y
dumples@midwest.social · 22 pts · 1y
Yup. Instead of using ridiculous amount of water, energy and money to throw away a perfectly thing to get a replacement thing.
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 7 pts · 1y
Anyone participating in capitalism has been doing all sorts of damage, this is just a new level. Throw rocks, but realize there's glass walls everywhere.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y
I fucking hate the environmental impact of AI, but in this instance I think using it to prevent something from being thrown away likely outweighs it. Whether it’s wood, plastic, or metal, all of them probably use more resources to create a new pen than to create an image of it.
dumples@midwest.social · 5 pts · 1y
That was my thought. It felt so wasteful to throw something away that works