AI does not compose my pickup lines, I do, have the t-shirt to prove it

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.

AI does not compose my pickup lines, I do, have the t-shirt to prove it 29 July 2026 Natalie 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. The article is paywalled, but would you really want to read about this? I 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. Some 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. People 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”. It might help eliminate the confusion as to what banter is AI-generated, and what is not. For the record, my pickup lines are reserved for the only person who reads this website… RELATED CONTENT 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/