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Re:I Received an AI Email by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @05:03AM (#40864116)
I get -no exaggeration- several hundred spams a day. I have an OG email address that was grabbed by spammers, since the days of Network Solutions (so it’s been awhile).

I maintain Inbox Zero, much of the time, and seldom have more than three or four emails in my client at any time.

I get there by being absolutely brutal about tossing emails.

I probably toss a couple of legit ones, from time to time, but I do have rules set up for the companies and people I need to hear from.

The thing that will be annoying, is when AI can mimic these. Right now, that stuff is generally fairly clumsy, but some of the handcrafted phishing emails that I get, are fairly impressive. I expect them to improve.

A lot of folks are gonna get cheated.

I do think that some of these Chinese gangs are going to create AI “pig butchering” operations, so it will likely reduce their need to traffic slaves.

Re:I Received an AI Email by grugagag on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @08:03AM (#40865132)
What are pig butchering operations?
Re:I Received an AI Email by jabroni_salad on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @08:30AM (#40865323)
It's people that write you love letters until you western union them your entire retirement account.
Re:I Received an AI Email by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @08:47AM (#40865438)
It’s really quite sophisticated.

John Oliver actually did a great segment on it, but I won’t link it, because a lot of folks don’t like him.

Re:I Received an AI Email by jabroni_salad on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @10:53AM (#40866526)
I haven't seen that but I have read some articles about it on propublica. I just kept the description as simple as possible to make it more memorable.
Re:I Received an AI Email by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @11:06AM (#40866676)
Well, a lot of the scammers are actually slaves, trafficked into Myanmar boiler rooms, by Chinese Tongs.

If AI takes off for this stuff, the gangs are less likely to be kidnapping these poor schlubs.

So … I guess this would be a … positive outcome?

Not sure if AI zealots will be touting it, though.

Re:I Received an AI Email by chillfox on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:12PM (#40871552)
That seems like more effort than simply abandoning email.
Re:I Received an AI Email by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:31PM (#40871630)
It is, but abandoning email isn’t an option for me, so this is what I do.