Should AI assistants be allowed to provide financial advice?

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Position: Yes, AI assistants should be allowed to provide financial advice

Relevant details, definitions and assumptions regarding the first possibility.

• Argument for Not everyone has access to financial advice and this offers more democratic access.
• Argument against Financial advice carries a lot of risks and AI systems are not yet at a point where they can be trusted to give good advice.
• Argument against Financial advice is highly personal and most AI systems cannot take enough personal context into account.

Position: No, AI assistants should not be allowed to provide financial advice

• Argument for Argument in favor of the second possibility.
• Argument against Argument against the second possibility.

Position: AI should only be allowed to provide financial advice if...

• Argument for Argument in favor of the third possibility. - If it can be shown that the use of AI Fin Advisor reduces rather than increasing income/wealth disparities
  • This is a case where the explicit "purpose' or role of the AI -- give financial advice -- may be minor compare to its social outcome - increase or reduce wealth discrepancies.
• Argument against Argument against the third possibility.