AI was supposed to take scammers’ jobs, but it gave them superpowers instead
For anyone worried that AI would eliminate every profession except the one sending messages about your frozen crypto account, there's unwelcome news for that last bastion of human enterprise. Fraud has found an automation budget. Scamming has always required a surprising amount of manual labor. Romance scams need someone to keep a conversation going for […] The post AI was supposed to take scammers’ jobs, but it gave them superpowers instead appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Key Takeaways
- For anyone worried that AI would eliminate every profession except the one sending messages about your frozen crypto account, there's unwelcome news for that last bastion of human enterprise.
- Fraud has found an automation budget.
- Scamming has always required a surprising amount of manual labor.
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