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cheriottoday at 12:25 AM3 repliesview on HN

While he was still living on his own, my grandfather struggled with people sending him scam letters in the mail. He sent a meaningful amount of money to obvious scams despite being a shrewd businessman all his life. AI will take these cons to another level.

Is there any way to help the elderly navigate this shift?


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userbinatortoday at 12:29 AM

Is there any way to help the elderly navigate this shift?

"Ignore anyone asking you for money unless you know them and they do it in-person."

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newman8rtoday at 2:01 AM

I assume AI assistants would be able to prevent a lot of this

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