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I Received an AI Email

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Re: I Received an AI Email

#31
post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Yes, but a lot less than if a person were getting paid to do it, so still less money is changing hands.

Re: I Received an AI Email

#34

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…

Someone will just pack this into a product and sell it to marketers.

Re: I Received an AI Email

#35
post #12

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…

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.

Because maybe, just maybe — those people will find some other jobs, and those jobs will be more socially beneficial this time? One can dream.

Re: I Received an AI Email

#36
post #14
post #3

> And their blogpost starts of with: >> Have you ever received an email that felt so personalized, so tailored to your interests and experiences, that you couldn't help but be intrigued? What if I told you that email wasn't crafted by a human, but by an artificial intelligence (AI) agent? > I don't really have words for this, but I dislike this. What a classy understatement. I find the strategy employed by Wisp predi…

I love that turn of phrase. Insects or near-automata. Describes it perfectly. LinkedIn -- like a floodlight in a swamp.

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Re: I Received an AI Email

#38

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 i…

Like all immoral things, it's only bad if you get caught. :( Most perpetrators will nog blog their shenanigans.

I wouldn't have figured out this was Ai, and might have engaged had if the topic was relevant to me. I would not have engaged with a traditional spam email even if it had been relevant to me, so there's a real incentive to do stuff like this.

Re: I Received an AI Email

#39
AI or not, cold emailing is dead. I receive tons of these by email and LinkedIn, to the point that I stopped reading them.

I talked to many people, and all have developed immunity against the cold outreach.

Re: I Received an AI Email

#40
post #3

> And their blogpost starts of with: >> Have you ever received an email that felt so personalized, so tailored to your interests and experiences, that you couldn't help but be intrigued? What if I told you that email wasn't crafted by a human, but by an artificial intelligence (AI) agent? > I don't really have words for this, but I dislike this. What a classy understatement. I find the strategy employed by Wisp predi…

> After using chatgpt regularly, it's answers It isn't responding with answers. It's responding with probable verbiage. An actual "answer" requires a type of interpretation that it doesn't perform.

> probable verbiage

I like that phrase. Also, how'd you get my password?

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