Wisdom

Spam has an intangible quality you can sense but not define

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Because there is a intangible quality to an experience of spam that you cannot quantify in any sort of language or honestly anything. You cannot, it's unquantifiable.

Episode 260: Tennessee Trickshot (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:47:11 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

Dave says AI can't figure out spam because spam has a quality you can't put into language. In the tax world, 'my accountant retired, what are your fees?' emails arrive both real and phishing, with nothing to trigger a detector. Dave can spot the phishing one every time and can't say why.

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  1. Episode 260: Tennessee Trickshot (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:48:47 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

    But I can tell you, I will spot the fishing one versus the real one 100% of the time, and I cannot tell you why.

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