There are trapdoor businesses, you see this with contractors. My old man lost $10k to a contractor redoing his bathroom. Paid for it, guy never came, month later the company is bankrupt, phone is off. These exist all over Amazon and Etsy and all the other sales platforms too. Dropshippers with names like BLIWIWI or AABZULO or some other random combination of letters that almost sounds like a company. The pictures will look amazing, a real 3D Christmas ornament that looks like my dog! It comes and it's a sticker of the image on a round ornament. You complain and try to get your money back and they're already on to the next one. Think about where this goes with AI. Instead of a trapdoor business, bots can construct entire trapdoor realities targeted at just one person. You can personalize a con. A $200 dollar sale didn't justify this much work before, but it's trivial with cheap intelligence. Right now the contractor has a fake website and some reviews he bought. Imagine in ten years? Trapdoor companies will have youtubes with genuine looking engagement going back years, reviews, founder interviews, testimonials, a local homeowners group recommended him, there's an article explaining why he's the best option for your exact situation, an article from a skeptical reviewer about how he bought the product and changed his mind. The trapdoors will have entire realities built on top of them and lay in wait for their victim. These personalized persuasion psyops that were only reserved for the rich and powerful will soon be targeting you and everyone you love. And if they fall for one they'll be added to the international list of easy marks and hit again and again until they are tapped out. We are entering the age of machine glamour magick. The deepfake will give way to the deeplake, where everything around you is artificial and you can't even find a frame of reference to remind you you're drowning.