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[–] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 40 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

The broker that my retirement account is through is pushing some new AI insights tool. The screenshots show an example of a conversation that essentially goes.

Q: "How can I reach my retirement savings goals faster?"

A: "Consider contributing more to your 401k from each paycheck."

People will actually pay money to have some slop chatbot tell them that they can have more money in their account if they put more money in their account. Preying on stupid or lazy people is an extremely lucrative industry.

[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Anyone who buys it deserves what they get.

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

And we the people deserve everything that the scammer gets out of the idiot, just so