How AI gets simple finance wrong, and how to make it work for you, not mislead you

Topics covered include:

• How AI ignores the time value of money
• A detailed example of ChatGPT misleading by making a simple math mistake
• Some examples of opportunity costs and sunk costs when making financial decisions
• Understanding how AI works can help us use it more effectively

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Show Notes

What Kind of a “PhD-level Expert” Is ChatGPT 5.0? I Tested It. by Gary Smith—Mind Matters

Top US Army General Says He’s Letting ChatGPT Make Military Decisions by Joe Wilkins—Futurism

Why Language Models Hallucinate by Adam Tauman Kalai, Ofir Nachum, et al—Arxiv

Auto Loan Calculator—nerdwallet

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