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Several Seattle Street pedestrians were surprised last week when they weren’t told by the regular “walk” or “wait” command, but instead appeared to hear Jeff Bezos beg the rich not to tax them.
At least six crossings across Washington City appeared to be hacked in the message. This appeared to be using Ai-Generated Deepfake to impersonate the voices of Amazon Tycoon and the wealthiest person on Earth ever.
“Hello, this is Jeff Bezos. This crosswalk is sponsored by Amazon Prime with an important message. You know, don’t tax the rich,” the speaker said.
“If not, all the other billionaires would move to Florida too. If all the rich left Seattle or became Louisie, that’s not a scary thing. After that, ordinary people could afford to live here again,” he concluded.
It remains unclear how the traffic lights on the crosswalk were hacked or who is doing it. It is also unclear whether the recording had any other purpose besides ramping Bezos, but the local station Kuow suggested they could In response to the opposition of the local Seattle high-tech industry towards the recently proposed wealth tax.
By Friday, the Seattle Department of Transport said it had returned the crosswalk to normal functioning, characterising the stunts as irresponsible and dangerous.
“Audio recordings on the crosswalk play an important role for blind people and those with limited vision, helping them safely cross the street,” a department spokesman told Kuow.
“We are concerned that someone will ignore the safety of people in order to make a political statement.”
But hitting the West Coast technology hub was the latest incident.
In early April, we began airing obsolete recordings that sounded like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, across Silicon Valley’s Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Redwood City.
“You know it’s funny, I thought he was just this stupid s**t bag,” said the musk voice generated when the cross button was pressed. “But, well, when you get to know him, he’s actually really sweet, soft and affectionate.”
“Sweety, come back to bed,” said President Trump.
Meanwhile, pedestrians in Menlo Park were greeted by a fake Zuckerberg.
“Hello, this is Mark Zuckerberg, but the real thing calls me Zach,” the recording said. According to the LA Times.
“As you know, it’s normal to feel uncomfortable or breached as you forcefully insert AI into every aspect of your conscious experience. I just want to assure you. There’s no need to worry.
It is unclear whether there is any connection between the Seattle incident and the Silicon Valley recording.
