ChatGPT Imbotster Syndrome is gumming up how we write professionally
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ChatGPT Imbotster Syndrome is gumming up how we write professionally
"I run a biannual demo day that reaches 4,000 startups a year, one of which I noticed is also in your program. We also have a 15k-plus founder, VC, and angel investor newsletter. There seems to be a natural crossover between our communities. It'd be great to share opportunities with each other."
"To anyone who thought I was a bot, I (humanly) apologise,"
"I'm just a confused human trying to write some emails."
"Whether you realize it or not, and whether you're using it or not, it's already in the bloodstream."
A LinkedIn outreach message prompted a recipient to assume AI involvement, highlighting rising doubts about human authenticity in professional communication. The sender apologized publicly and peers expressed worry that careful, corrected prose can read as machine-produced. Large language model tools like ChatGPT and Claude are increasingly used for long-form posts on LinkedIn, with the platform estimating more than half of such posts are AI-generated. An expert likened the spread of AI-produced text to microplastics, noting its pervasive presence. No clear consensus exists on whether or how AI assistance should be disclosed, leaving norms unsettled.
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