朋友们，今天这个槽点，说出来你可能不信：AI领域最成功的落地应用，可能是帮骗子提高了诈骗效率。
广州最近查处了一起AI培训诈骗案，三家关联公司被查，累计投诉超过200件，同一个法定代表人因涉嫌诈骗被依法逮捕。
套路有多老套？跟十年前的Java培训班、五年前的电商运营课、两年前的短视频变现课，简直一模一样——只不过把关键词换成了「AI」。
「躺赚」是怎么变成「躺枪」的
让我们来复盘一下这套成熟的流水线作业，你品你细品。
第一步，免费课引流。在抖音、小红书、视频号上疯狂投放广告，标题永远是「零基础学AI，月入过万」「AI时代再不学就晚了」「35岁转行AI的最佳路径」。点进去是9.9元甚至0元的体验课，先把你拉进群再说。
第二步，制造焦虑+画饼。课上讲什么？讲AI有多火、讲别人靠AI赚了多少钱、讲你再不学就要被时代淘汰了。放几张不知道哪来的「学员收益截图」，讲几个「宝妈靠AI月入三万」的励志故事。你听得热血沸腾，觉得自己也行了。
第三步，高价班收割。体验课快结束了，老师开始推「高阶班」「私教课」「就业直通车」，价格从几千到几万不等。注意了，这时候他们不会催你交钱——他们会贴心地说「没钱没关系，可以分期」，然后给你推荐各种网贷平台。
第四步，交钱即失联。等你真交了钱，要么课程内容跟体验课完全不是一回事，全是网上就能搜到的二手资料；要么所谓的「内推就业」根本就是敷衍；更狠的直接跑路，群解散、老师消失、客服不回。你想退费？合同里早埋好了「开课不退费」「违约金30%」的坑。
一整套流程下来，从「我要学AI改变命运」到「我怎么欠了几万贷款」，可能只需要一两个星期。
骗子永远冲在最前面
说起来也挺讽刺的。每次有什么新风口，第一个冲进去的永远是骗子。
区块链火的时候，骗子卖矿机、搞传销币、做资金盘，比真正做技术的还积极。元宇宙火的时候，骗子卖虚拟地产、搞元宇宙投资、开元宇宙培训班。AI火了，骗子又第一时间换上了AI的马甲——AI培训、AI带货、AI数字人、AI理财、AI相亲……只有你想不到的，没有骗子不能蹭的。
而且他们比正经创业者勤奋多了：投放力度更大、话术迭代更快、转化率算得更精、团队执行力更强。创业公司可能还在打磨产品，骗子已经跑通了从获客到收割的全链路SOP。
更气人的是什么？是他们透支了整个行业的信任。本来想正经学AI的人，踩过一次坑之后，对所有AI课程都心存戒备。真正在做AI教育的团队，反而被这些老鼠屎连累了。
好了，吐槽归吐槽，给大家几条实用提醒，都是血泪教训堆出来的：
第一，凡是承诺「包就业」「躺赚」「月入过万」的，一律拉黑。真有这么赚钱的路子，他自己不去赚，来教你？用脚趾头想都知道有问题。
第二，凡是让你办网贷、分期付学费的，扭头就走。学习是投资，但加杠杆学习不是投资，是赌博，而且你大概率会输。
第三，学AI最好的方法永远是动手做，不是报班。免费教程、开源项目、社区讨论，这些资源多到用不完。真想学，从一个具体的小项目开始，边做边学，比花几万块上课有用多了。
AI是个好东西，但风口越大，猪和骗子就越多。保持清醒，别让「改变命运」的期待，变成「欠了一屁股债」的现实。
今天就槽到这里，明天继续。
Folks, today's hot take might be hard to believe: the most successfully deployed application of AI might be how it's helped scammers improve their fraud efficiency.
Guangzhou recently busted an AI training scam ring. Three affiliated companies were investigated, cumulative complaints exceeded 200, and the same legal representative was arrested on suspicion of fraud.
How original is the套路? It's identical to the Java bootcamps from ten years ago, the e-commerce operations courses from five years ago, the short-video monetization classes from two years ago — they just swapped the keyword to "AI."
How "Easy Money" Turns Into "Got Scammed"
Let's walk through this well-oiled assembly line. Take a sip of tea and savor the details.
Step one: free classes as bait. They flood Douyin, Xiaohongshu, and video platforms with ads. Headlines are always the same — "Learn AI from zero, make 10K a month," "It's too late if you don't learn AI now," "The best path for 35-year-olds to switch careers to AI." Click through and it's a ¥9.9 or even free trial class. First, just get you into the group chat.
Step two: manufacture anxiety + paint a picture of wealth. What do they teach in class? How hot AI is, how much money other people are making with AI, how you'll be left behind by the times if you don't learn now. Throw in a few "student earnings screenshots" from who knows where, tell a few inspirational stories about "stay-at-home moms making 30K a month with AI." You leave feeling fired up, thinking you can do it too.
Step three: premium classes harvest you. As the trial class is ending, the instructor starts pushing "advanced courses," "private coaching," "job placement express" — prices ranging from a few thousand to tens of thousands. And here's the thing: they don't even pressure you to pay. They thoughtfully say "no money? No problem — pay in installments," then recommend various online lending platforms.
Step four: pay up, then disappear. Once you actually pay, either the course content is nothing like the trial — all second-hand material you can find online for free — or the so-called "job placement" is just lip service. The bolder ones just vanish entirely. Groups get disbanded, instructors disappear, customer support stops replying. Want a refund? The contract was already buried with clauses like "no refunds after class starts" and "30% penalty fee."
After the whole pipeline, going from "I'm gonna learn AI and change my life" to "wait, why do I owe tens of thousands in loans?" can take as little as a week or two.
Scammers Are Always First to the Party
It's kind of ironic, honestly. Every time there's a new trend, scammers are the first ones charging in.
When blockchain was hot, scammers sold mining rigs, ran pyramid schemes with crypto coins, operated investment frauds — more active than actual tech builders. When the metaverse was trending, scammers sold virtual real estate, ran metaverse investment scams, opened metaverse bootcamps. Now AI is hot, and scammers have instantly put on their AI vests — AI training, AI e-commerce, AI digital humans, AI finance, AI dating… if you can name it, a scammer has already monetized it.
And they work harder than legitimate founders. Bigger ad budgets, faster iteration on sales scripts, sharper conversion calculations, stronger team execution. While real startups are still polishing their products, scammers have already perfected the full SOP from customer acquisition to harvest.
What's even more infuriating? They erode trust in the entire industry. People who genuinely wanted to learn AI, after getting burned once, become suspicious of all AI courses. Teams that are actually doing AI education end up collateral damage from these bad apples.
Alright, venting aside — here are some practical tips, forged from real血泪教训:
One: Anyone promising "guaranteed job," "easy money," or "10K+ per month" — block them immediately. If it were that profitable, would they be teaching you instead of doing it themselves? Think with your toes.
Two: Anyone telling you to take out loans or pay tuition in installments — walk away. Learning is an investment, but leveraged learning isn't investment — it's gambling, and you'll probably lose.
Three: The best way to learn AI is always by building, not by taking classes. Free tutorials, open-source projects, community discussions — there are more resources than you could ever use. If you really want to learn, start with a specific small project, learn by doing. Way more useful than dropping tens of thousands on a course.
AI is great. But the bigger the hype, the more pigs and scammers come along. Stay sharp. Don't let the expectation of "changing your destiny" turn into the reality of "saddled with debt."
That's all for today's rant — more tomorrow.
Pro tip: Block anyone promising "guaranteed job" or "easy money." Walk away from anyone pushing loans for tuition. The best way to learn AI is by building — free resources are abundant.
