Quoting Paul Graham
Paul Graham criticizes founder emails written by AI, saying they feel deceptive and easy to ignore.
Simon Willison quotes Paul Graham criticizing the growing number of founder emails that appear to be written by AI in a hard-hitting journalistic style. Graham says that once he recognizes an email as AI-written, it becomes difficult not to ignore it. His objection centers on authenticity: a human-signed message written by AI feels deceptive and lowers his opinion of the sender.
This short post by Simon Willison mainly quotes Paul Graham's views on AI-ghostwritten communication. Graham says he now receives many emails from founders whose tone has become like "tough, journalistic prose." The reason he judges these letters to be AI-written is that, before this, founders did not write in this way. For him, once he realizes a letter was AI-generated, it is hard not to choose to ignore it.
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