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Re:AI financial advice is surprisingly good if you ask the r... by inigyou on Sunday August 02, 2026 @06:40AM (#49143150)
Yes. You used to start at -1000 points and earn 5000 over your life. With investment and luck you could make that 10000 and end up at +9000.

Now you start at -9000 and earn 3000. With investment and luck you could make that 6000 and end up at -3000 so that's a guaranteed loss. To have any hope of hitting the positives at all, you need to excessively gamble. Sure you could end up at -999999 but also +999999.

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Re:AI financial advice is surprisingly good if you ask the r... by llamara on Sunday August 02, 2026 @10:40AM (#49145118)
Yep, that's a nice illustration. Basically, if to continue steady leads to an inevitable loss, then _to gamble_ is actually a rational decision. You can see that in chess a lot: if someone is down a pawn, they have to take more risks if they need to win
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