Man could have kept low and build a nest egg until he gets busted by a functioning federal investigatory agency, but no, he has to stroke his ego and get a NYT profile and now his fraud is in the public eye.

Related:

BusinessInsider: Medvi, the AI telehealth is fueled by ads from doctors who don't appear to exist (2 points, 11 hours ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47673723

GaryMarcus: The back story behind the first "$1.8B" dollar "AI Company" (65 points, yesterday, 10 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47668658

Contentious NYT: A.I. Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8B Company (60 points, 5 days ago, 83 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47612784

I didn’t understand the hype on Medvi in the first place. I don’t think this type of credit can be given to “two people” when it actually makes money by being a middle-man service, selling other peoples skills, and other company’s products.

I highly doubt they used AI to build the network…

The full title is:

> The New York Times Got Played By A Telehealth Scam And Called It The Future Of AI

When I read the article, I was taken aback by the clear references to fraud in the before and after photos.

We're in an absolutely golden age of grift.

They were not wrong, scams are the future of AI.