I posted this on LinkedIn recently because, as Peter Griffin says, it’s grinding my gears. I don’t mind personalizing emails, but when you send unsolicited emails that include BS, that’s where I draw the line. Think about it, would you buy something from someone who starts their first email to you with a blatant lie like:

It’s inspiring to see how Futureforth continues to make an impact in the communication coaching industry.

I’ve been following Futureforth for a while and love how you approach communication coaching and keynote presentations.

Imagine walking into a car dealership, and the salesperson approaches you and says, “Welcome in, I’ve always admired you and your work! I’m excited to help you today because you’ve always impressed me so much.”

Start with a hi, not a lie.

How would you react, especially once you realized you’d never met this person before and they had no idea who you were? Would you trust them?

Automation is making us lazy. Start with a hi, not a lie. Deal?

It's lazy and sad.

I use #AI in many ways; it's crucial to learn and understand new technologies, especially new artificial intelligence agents, and to stay up-to-date on evolving ways to use such agents, whether through prompts or APIs.

What's lazy is using AI to write FOR you, replacing YOU from the writing altogether. Imagine a future of LinkedIn being filled with AI-written articles and AI-written comments. What's the point at that point?

I still believe in the power of human-to-human connection. Using AI to help is smart, but using it to replace us is sad. No more original thinking. No more genuine connection.

Naive or Dishonest

If you're using AI to auto-comment, reply, or send messages that pretend to be you, it's naive because you don't understand the implications. You haven't thought clearly about why you want to leave comments on hundreds of posts. If you do know what you're doing, it's dishonest because you are using this method to fool people (actual humans) into thinking that you read and enjoyed what they published - and we notice this.

Stripping yourself from otherwise genuine human interactions online removes the social from social networking, leaving the networking to bots, and then why even log in to LinkedIn anymore?

What do you think? Will AI ruin the social web in the hands of humans? Discuss here.