Do they know we can tell it's AI slop?

A chief technology officer is struggling with how to tell the entrepreneurs he works for that their use of AI-generated content in business communications is damaging their credibility with sophisticated audiences. The CTO cited three recent examples where AI-generated emails and documents led to lost respect from a fired SEO firm, a job candidate, and during a financial procedure review. The dilemma highlights a growing workplace tension between the efficiency of AI tools and the risk of appearing inauthentic to key partners and stakeholders.

What do I do when the entrepreneurs I work for send out AI slop in their communications? I work for a great group of entrepreneurs as CTO/fCFO. They are all sales guys. In my childhood and professional career, I have seen so many toxic partnerships. I don’t waste any time on those anymore and I genuinely respect the guys I work for. So, to the main question, what do I do when it’s blatant that they are just copying AI slop from Grok or chatGPT? I notice it all the time. But I genuinely respect these guys unlike my son’s inadequate math teacher who pastes AI slop into emails to me… . It’s an 80/20 issue. For a majority of their audience, they make a positive and knowledgeable impression. But for the rest of us, it’s it takes them down a notch. I don’t want them embarrassing themselves in front of our bankers/financers/corporate partners. Three recent examples: 1 Critique of a new SEO site pre-launch. We ended up firing the firm, but they lost all respect once the email was sent. 2 interviewing a new controller, so apparent when they pulled out canned questions from an LLM. 3 a proposed job costing procedure for a new entity/line of business. A 10 page document like I was used to seeing when I worked at public companies. Disconnected from the current state of the business. I love these guys. Is it possible to send a message about how they are viewed without offending? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303252 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303252 Points: 2 Comments: 0