These days I can spot an AI-generated email a mile off, and I don't like it. Kind of makes me want to tune out and hit delete. Same way when I listen to radio adverts or watch TV adverts. They have zero appeal to me and I feel like my time is being wasted when exposed to them.
Now with emails (and I get a lot) it’s not just the words used but it’s the lack of intent or perceived lack of effort.
They’re usually:
- Overly formal grammar and bold text used randomly for emphasis
- Over-polished and that classic em dash (—) thrown in like all the time
- Over-polite and underwhelming
My mum was a teacher. My sister’s highly qualified in English Language writing. That’s their bag and I always got them to check my posts before I uploaded them for spelling and grammar, they do use the em dash (—).
So why’s it a turn off for me?
Because it tells me the sender didn’t actually write it.
They outsourced the thinking.
And if you can’t be bothered to write it, why should I be bothered to read an email from a bot?
