Friends and AI

Neven Mrgan received an email:

my friend had a question to ask me, and the email asked it over the course of a few paragraphs. It then disclosed that, oh by the way, I used AI to write this

(From: How it feels to get an AI email from a friend)

In his post he talks about what it feels like to be on the receiving end of AI generated content, in this case one where you'd hope these tools aren't used: an email from a friend. Not for grammar checks, but for the actual message. It felt off:

It felt like getting a birthday card with only the prewritten message inside, and no added well-wishes from the wisher’s own pen.

Hidde de Vries (@hdv@front-end.social) is a web enthusiast and accessibility specialist from Rotterdam (The Netherlands). He currently works with the NL Design System team and is a participant in the Open UI Community Group. Previously, he worked for W3C (WAI), Mozilla, the Dutch government and others as a freelancer. Hidde spoke at 69 events, most recently in Toronto, ON, Canada.

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