return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago1 in 5 Americans to use AI to help file taxeswww.kxan.comexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down15cross-posted to: usa@midwest.socialusa@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarein_my_honest_opinion@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·2 days agoHave fun with that audit.
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minus-squareMyBrainHurts@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·1 day agoLike I said, not everyone has the same resources I do… But this doesn’t seem worse than googling questions and not everyone can spend hours waiting to talk with the Irs/Cra etc. It just seems that sometimes folks are so determined to be anti LLM that they refuse to see how it could ever help anyone.
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minus-squareMyBrainHurts@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoBelieve it or not, there are people who aren’t you who struggle with stuff. Help a marginalized person with paperwork and you’ll see what I mean.
minus-squarein_my_honest_opinion@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day ago“Googling” used to get you to the needed IRS documentation, but now, with the help of Gemini you’re just being lied to. https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/04/analysis-finds-google-ai-overviews-is-wrong-10-percent-of-the-time/ If you need tax help, call your local library, they often have tax help. Also if it seems like a tax dodge, don’t take the deduction. Don’t outsource your brain to an LLM. You’ve done your taxes before without a GPT you can do it again.
Have fun with that audit.
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Like I said, not everyone has the same resources I do…
But this doesn’t seem worse than googling questions and not everyone can spend hours waiting to talk with the Irs/Cra etc.
It just seems that sometimes folks are so determined to be anti LLM that they refuse to see how it could ever help anyone.
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Believe it or not, there are people who aren’t you who struggle with stuff.
Help a marginalized person with paperwork and you’ll see what I mean.
“Googling” used to get you to the needed IRS documentation, but now, with the help of Gemini you’re just being lied to.
https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/04/analysis-finds-google-ai-overviews-is-wrong-10-percent-of-the-time/
If you need tax help, call your local library, they often have tax help. Also if it seems like a tax dodge, don’t take the deduction. Don’t outsource your brain to an LLM. You’ve done your taxes before without a GPT you can do it again.