Roy -- the dull one
Jason LefkowitzI don't want to dunk on the specific person who wrote the "how I used Claude to file my taxes" blog post that just came across my desk. I just want to note that having an LLM do your taxes seems to me like an extremely bad idea
The blog post does take a moment to rave about "what markdown can do for you especially for the agentic world," though. Because that's what my tax filing workflow has been missing. Markdown
Chris Petrilli@jalefkowit nothing like thousands of lines of tables in Markdown to bring usability to taxes
@petrillic Adding a CLAUDE.md file that sternly instructs it to do the math right
ShnizmuffiN@jalefkowit do they mention the specific brand and color of the paint they huffed beforehand? Just asking.
__Miguel_@jalefkowit I say let them, and anyone who follows in their path, Darwin themselves into an IRS audit. Because those are "hilarious"*
*Not by a country mile
Diane@jalefkowit someone with a good lawyer and a willingness to risk fines or jail should try. Just as soon as they can figure out how to get a LLM to sign the forms.
It'd be fun to watch someone generate bad press against the LLMs
@alienghic "I have a good lawyer! His name is ChatGPT"
Ah... I'll go make some popcorn
allison@jalefkowit i mean, if they're going to use a chatbot to decide how to spend my money, i might as well use a chatbot to decide how much money to give them
thepoliticalcat@jalefkowit Don't warn them. Let them find out for themselves. People are starting to lose their minds after interacting with AI, and I'm thinking this is not a bad way to sort the wheat from the chaff. If you don't have critical thinking skills, stay TF away from AI, it lies, and can induce psychosis.
Will Deakin@jalefkowit the care taken with tax submission would appear to be in the same vein as Tiger Woods appears to take to driving. Bold verging on the brave.
Asta [AMP]@jalefkowit you've seen it lie to customers and force companies to honor non-existent coupons and deals...!
you've seen it make up case law that lawyers bring to court, which forces the judges to severely penalize them...!
now, you can make it work for YOU by letting it give you a guaranteed IRS audit!
you've seen it make up case law that lawyers bring to court, which forces the judges to severely penalize them...!
now, you can make it work for YOU by letting it give you a guaranteed IRS audit!
Dogiedog64New contender for "dumbest thing I've ever heard". That is such a terrible idea…
Else, Someone@jalefkowit Uhm, with all my hate for LLMs and the degradation of NLP research, I'd be incredibly happy if people slopped their tax reports en masse they way the flood FOSS projects.
Hoarse e-Books
Juha Autero@jalefkowit Maybe they are a masocist and their proctologist no longer answers their calls.