Comment by pjjpo
2 months ago
Email is one of the last open protocols around. git uses it in commit messages presumably because of that fact. Rob's co-worker at Google Vint always opines on the greatness of this openness.
A well meaning message on an open protocol resulting in a rant - it really feels to me that AI isn't the issue here.
How could it not be the issue? We're already drowning in corporate and malicious garbage. My email has become nigh on unusable because of all the bad actors and short sighted thinking. What used to be a powerful tool for productivity and keeping in touch with friends and family is now a drain on my day.
That was bad enough, but now AI is enabling this rot on an unprecedented level (and the amount of junk making it through Google's spam filters is testament to this).
AI used in this way without any actual human accountability risks breaking many social structures (such as email) on a fundamental level. That is very much the point.
> A well meaning message
It's spam.
Not to mention it can't be "well meaning" if some LLM system sent it based on the prompt "do random acts of kindness".