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I Received an AI Email

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Re: I Received an AI Email

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Post by firefoxd »

At some point automated emails will be read by auto reader, then the cycle will be completed.

I've actually made an internal company April fools website. Too bad I've never kept a copy but here goes.

It's called Proxy Ai. It reads your emails so you don't have to. It reads every posts on social media so you don't FOMO. It communicates with those chatty colleagues so you don't have to. Proxy Ai... So you don't have to.

"That actually sounds like a pretty good product. Does it send you a summary of the conversations, emails and social media posts?"

"No"

Re: I Received an AI Email

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Post by crabmusket »

ronsor wrote: post #16
jeauxlb wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why are you happy that people are out of a job here? You still suffer the ills of the product, now infinitely more incessant, at a marginal cost of $0.

I think it's reasonable to be happy that someone is not getting paid to do something you hate. In fact, if you're suffering unwillingly, you probably want as few people as possible to benefit.

OpenAI is getting paid to do it.

Re: I Received an AI Email

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Post by jumploops »

I received a similar email today, from someone looking to be my "Chief of Staff/Head of Ops."

The only problem is that they referenced a role at a company I'm no longer at. The, presumably AI, author crafted the email in reference to my former role at a different startup.

After seeing this thread, I decided to follow up on my AI suspicions. Nothing conclusive, but that person is currently touting that they've sold their "course" to "1000+ founders."

No thanks.

Re: I Received an AI Email

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Post by kazinator »

ChilledTonic wrote: post #6

I’m actually thrilled by this, as it means all the hack marketers that spam my inbox incessantly with whatever product they’re hucking - this time for sure perfect for my business, in spite of the fact I’ve ignored their last ten emails - are all out of a job, and good riddance. The author sounds unfamiliar with this brand of marketing email, so I can see why it would come off disquieting to find it’s all AI - but it…

How do you know it isn't exactly the same people, with zero reduction in headcount?

Designing the content of spam e-mails sounds like a small aspect of the "job".

If AI spams start fooling people more reliably, that's not something to celebrate.

This blogger thought, at first, that it came from an actual reader. I can't remember the last time I thought that a spam was genuine, even for a moment. Sometimes the subject lines are attention-getting, but by the time you see any of the body, you know.

Re: I Received an AI Email

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Post by Brajeshwar »

purple-leafy wrote: post #13
_nalply wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some people will send their mass spam and phish anyway. No thanks.

Spam? Easy. Someone selling something? Spam! I might set up an automatic email responder that reads an emails contents, runs it through my own LLM, and if the email is trying to sell me something, auto reply with “fuck off!”

I'd rather delete/block it than reply/react to it at all. If you react, they know you exist and you are a valid target to re-target repeatedly, resold to other marketers.

Mark as SPAM or Block/Filter or Ignore.

Re: I Received an AI Email

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Post by frabjoused »

The thing that’s so inherently wrong about it is that it’s dishonesty straight out of the door.

This person wants me to buy their product, and before they can get a word out about it they’re already lying to me - about the origin, the intent, the faux thoughtfulness.

I want nothing to do with shameless dishonesty. This isn’t the way to sell your product.

Wisp, if you’re reading this, I now have a permanent negative image of your brand.

Re: I Received an AI Email

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Post by portaouflop »

dvrp wrote: post #19

Anti AI art people remind me of anti AI marketing people from hackernews. Guys, it’s a tool like any other.

IMO the issue was calling it “AI” - it just riles people up. It’s machine learning all the way down there is no intelligence involved

Re: I Received an AI Email

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Post by purple-leafy »

Brajeshwar wrote: post #26
purple-leafy wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Spam? Easy. Someone selling something? Spam! I might set up an automatic email responder that reads an emails contents, runs it through my own LLM, and if the email is trying to sell me something, auto reply with “fuck off!”

I'd rather delete/block it than reply/react to it at all. If you react, they know you exist and you are a valid target to re-target repeatedly, resold to other marketers. Mark as SPAM or Block/Filter or Ignore.

Okay new plan, I’ll have another email that responds to the email and says “fuck off”, meanwhile my honeypot email will block and mark as spam
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