Welcome to part 2 of the Cognitive Heist miniseries: The Bait Man
šļø He doesnāt pick the lock.
šŖ He doesnāt sneak in the back.
šŖ He just leaves something shiny on the ground and waits for you to pick it up.
Enter "The Bait Man": the scammer who lets your own curiosity or greed do all the work.
Part 2 of Cognitive Heist explores:
š Why bait-based scams (phishing, āfoundā USBs, QR traps, honeytexts) work so well
š The irresistible psychology of forbidden knowledge and too-good-to-miss offers
š A chilling parallel with the Nazi gold train legendāpossibly the most expensive ānothingā in history
š The ancient myth of Pandoraās Box... and what it says about modern clickbait
š And as always: tentacles, noir, and cognitive traps.
In other news:
š The FAIK Files: Climbing Through the Context Window
Audio version: https://pod.link/1771521321/episode/3ec38fa7cd599b26e3c7fde25651a3f0
YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ntZlQ4Lbkw
š Research Paper of the Week: Project Vend-- Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?)
Anthropic's page discussing the experiment
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