If you don’t think AI is powerful and scary, think again!

I just asked ChatGPT for the median household income of Americans age 65-75 and 75- 80.

The answer was a bit of a shock. It said in part, “If you're interested because you're comparing this with your $x income, I can also show what percentile $x puts an 80+ American in, which is a very different comparison.”

The scary part is the $x it quoted was my income in 2025 and it knew my age group.

Where did it get the income? From my TurboTax filing, from something I wrote? I never wrote it in any public forum.

How does it know my age group? No doubt somewhere out there is my year of birth and of course, Starbucks gives me a free coffee on my birthday.

Not long ago I was curious what college professors might earn in a certain state. I got the answer and the reference was college payroll records.

It seems our money, our income, indeed our lives have few secrets these days, let alone privacy.

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