{"slug": "ai-does-not-compose-my-pickup-lines-i-do-have-the-t-shirt-to-prove-it", "title": "AI does not compose my pickup lines, I do, have the t-shirt to prove it", "summary": "Natalie Kaufman, writing for the Wall Street Journal, reports on a trend among early twenty-somethings who rely on AI agents to supply conversation starters and pickup lines. The author suggests a 'not by AI'-style t-shirt bearing the slogan 'AI does not compose my pickup lines, I do' to distinguish human-generated banter from AI-generated content.", "body_md": "## AI does not compose my pickup lines, I do, have the t-shirt to prove it\n\n29 July 2026\n\nNatalie Kaufman, [writing for the Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-chatbot-in-person-social-interactions-d1cb6831), about an apparent trend in early twenty-somethings, to rely on AI agents to supply them with conversation starters, and pickup lines.\n\nThe article is paywalled, but would you really want to read about this?\n\nI think these things are best learned through experience, and watching other people, rather than turning to AI for pointers. It gives me an idea for a t-shirt though.\n\nSome websites and blogs sport [not by AI](https://notbyai.fyi/) buttons, as a way of reassuring readers their content was written by a person, and not an AI agent.\n\nPeople who want others to know their conversation starters, and, where applicable, pickup lines, are their own effort, could wear a not by AI-style t-shirt, perhaps bearing the slogan “AI does not compose my pickup lines, I do”.\n\nIt might help eliminate the confusion as to what banter is AI-generated, and what is not.\n\nFor the record, my pickup lines are reserved for the only person who reads this website…\n\nRELATED CONTENT\n\n[artificial intelligence](https://disassociated.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/), [humour](https://disassociated.com/tag/humour/), [technology](https://disassociated.com/tag/technology/), [trends](https://disassociated.com/tag/trends/)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-does-not-compose-my-pickup-lines-i-do-have-the-t-shirt-to-prove-it", "canonical_source": "https://disassociated.com/ai-compose-some-people-pickup-lines/", "published_at": "2026-07-28 20:30:47+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-28 20:37:43.128413+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Natalie Kaufman", "Wall Street Journal", "not by AI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-does-not-compose-my-pickup-lines-i-do-have-the-t-shirt-to-prove-it", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-does-not-compose-my-pickup-lines-i-do-have-the-t-shirt-to-prove-it.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-does-not-compose-my-pickup-lines-i-do-have-the-t-shirt-to-prove-it.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-does-not-compose-my-pickup-lines-i-do-have-the-t-shirt-to-prove-it.jsonld"}}