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1 in 5 Americans to use AI to help file taxes (www.kxan.com)
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[–] 37 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Purpose-built tax software is not the same as the random word generator.

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  • [+] -8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Neither the article, nor source make a distinction as to whether it's a general purpose LLM or purpose built software.

    So it really depends on the question that the poll asked, which as far as I can tell, is not shared.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Judging by the source, they likely asked "do you plan to use AI".

    But given that we're talking about the general public, I guarantee most people using AI for their taxes are just asking chatgpt.

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  • [–] -4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I don't know the organization so can't speak to the source or their methodology but they do note:

    The top ways people plan to use AI is to help answer filing questions, find deductions or credits, and review returns for mistakes.

    All of which seem pretty reasonable. If you don't have the money for a professional, at least checking with something that is right more often than not with some basic questions seems perfectly reasonable.

    From the reactions above, it seems people are assuming they're just asking chatgpt to do all their taxes, which doesn't appear to be the case.

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