the collective em dash hallucination is so goofy, i hope it is at least fun for the folks plagued with it. the em dash is a normal thing people use, and DEFINITELY a thing that pre-AI grammar checks enforced! i generally use -- when i write (no idea where i got it from); google docs has converted this to — forever. like literally since V1.0, and i don't even think you can turn it off. feels super fun to get bonus points leaving my (totally technically incorrect) --s intact though
I think AI is a good tool but we need to face up to how a high number of AI applications are about enabling people to lie to each other more effectively.
I think / hope this is purely satirical, because I have no idea what else I am supposed to take from this:
Hi, I'm Ben.
I got sick of everyone in my inbox sounding like AI.
So I built Sinceerly.
I tested Sinceerly by cold emailing 5 Fortune 500 CEOs.
4 CEOs replied. Of those replies, each was under 10 words. 2 replies had typos. One reply called me Larry (my name is Ben).
LMK what you think.
I have never had an experience with AI writing where I didn't have to essentially re-write the entire document. It's excuciating. I've about given up on it.
But AI to make your hand written messages “look human” is just a cash grab. This has to be like 8 hours worth of vibe coding or less.
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