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Comment by growt

5 years ago

My bet is on GPT-2 (GPT-3 would probably generate better text). This whole reply just isn't coherent (first it's a defence contract, then it's learning software for kids?). So either AI generated or someone with some mental illness.

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kyrieeschaton  5 years ago

Those emails are textbook schizophrenia.

  • zenexer  5 years ago

    The fact that this email could plausibly be someone with schizophrenia or an actual defense contractor speaks volumes about the latter’s reputation.

    • 3np  5 years ago

      It could be both for that matter. Previously perfectly (at least seemingly) stable people can have unexpected breakdowns later in life.

ladyanita22  5 years ago

Yeah, I have a seriously hard time believing someone responsible for a multibillion dollar defence project writes that shit.

  • sybercecurity  5 years ago

    Sadly, I see it as in the realm of possibility.

    Gov contracting is an ecosystem on its own and those that figure out the bureaucratic hoops can survive a long time without needed much technical knowledge. Some of those individuals lose touch with what is going on outside of the defense industrial base.

  • hobofan  5 years ago

    I have a hard time believing that they only spent $15k on a prototype for a multimillion dollar defense project.

    • mcv  5 years ago

      It might be he did, or was planning to do, a bid on a government project that wouldn't have stood a chance in hell, but he already imagined he was going to win that bid. And then stuff happened and he felt cheated out of his chance.

  • madaxe_again  5 years ago

    I once had a guy who ran an enterprise supplying software to the defence sector try to swing a punch at me in a meeting, so I can believe it.