The AIs will replace the human-trafficked jobs

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Within 10 years, AIs will be able to do any job that right now is done by a human fully remotely at a computer. Probably sooner.

This is good news for some victims of human trafficking! This week, 260 victims of human trafficking in Myanmar were released. These victims were from all over the world, and had been duped into coming to Myanmar. On arrival, they were “pressed into conducting online criminal activity, ranging from love scams… and crypto fraud, to money laundering and illegal gambling” (1).

The human workers doing all four of of these types of scams will be quickly replaced by AIs. This is good news for people who would otherwise be trafficked into performing this labor against their will. It’s bad news for people with a propensity to fall for online scams.

We can hope the the AIs who defend us against online scams will win the arms race against the AIs who perpetrate the scams.

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  1. I should note that apparently, of the 260, some were willing to stay and do the work, but others were held against their will with reports of torture.