Cosigning EVERYTHING in this essay.
DO NOT SEND ME A MESSAGE WRITTEN WITH AI, I WILL TRASH IT OUT OF HAND. Not out of "how dare you use LLM tools" ire, but because I will assume it's a scam.
Naomi Kritzer
Over on Whatever, I talk about the legit business email I got that was written with "AI," why I thought it meant the sender's domain was hacked by scammers, and why using "AI" in business emails automatically lumps you in with scammers and frauds. Don't do it!
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The other morning I was clearing out the multiple daily emails I get from scammers who have used “AI” to praise one of my books in order to get me to use their “marketing” s…