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>Wouldn't those same people get beaten (or worse) in the same way that you're suggesting with Kitboga? I think this underscores the importance of looking at th
by bumby 3y ago
>Wouldn't those same people get beaten (or worse) in the same way that you're suggesting with Kitboga?
I think this underscores the importance of looking at this systemically. It's easy to think this is just a story about phone scams. Looking at the bigger picture, though, it's really about human trafficking. To directly answer your question, if we were able to solve the root human trafficking issue that allows these criminal industries to be profitable, then we'd prevent those beatings in the first place. In fact, some people running these organizations are already looking at using AI to run the scams rather than humans. Under that scenario, your educational outreach would be a huge success, but it does require working at the root problem first.
- tombert 3y agoI'm all for increasing education on this, and I do think that would have some value, though I'm not 100% sure what this would look like. My mother-in-law's husband has fallen for these gift card scams multiple times, losing thousands of dollars, even after I've tried showing him some obvious and less-obvious warning signs [1]. Some people are just really gullible, for whatever reason, and I'm not 100% sure that education will actually help them. I actually don't think we disagree very much about the actual solution to the problem. This is definitely bigger than a few Youtubers making scambaiting videos. It's going to be a brave new world with AI voices getting better and better, and I think law enforcement agencies are going to be pretty proactive. [1] e.g. the IRS will never ask for payments in gift cards or cryptocurrency, neither will the police, don't just let anyone connect to your computer with Teamviewer or Anydesk, if you're going to be arrested they probably aren't going to do it over the phone, etc.