Krystal Ball
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You can get me to say whatever you want.
And then you're going to call somebody, let's say who's a relative.
These are not that sophisticated of scams.
It's very easily doable.
And then like you said, you could set up something, some verification with the bank.
it can hack your, maybe your two factor verification very easily.
And then boom, you know, you could transfer like your entire estate in a matter of seconds if you actually wanted to.
So I think, I don't know.
I think we need a lot more consumer safety.
And I also think the spam call thing is a good example because it's one of those, which is an easily exploitable thing from outside actors using the internet, spam on the internet and specifically targeting old people has been a problem for more than two decades for
three decades, actually.
The Nigerian scam goes back to the 1990s and is still not fixed.
Think about that.
With the whole might of the US government and technology and regulators, that still hasn't happened.
So what makes you think it's going to get better with AI?
I think it's just going to get 10 times worse.
2%.
That is the number of people who take the stairs when there is also an escalator available.
Do you remember when Diana Ross double-tapped Lil' Kim's boobs at the VMAs?
Or when Kanye said that George Bush didn't like black people?