Cold emails from students look AI-generated, Gergely Orosz says
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Gergely Orosz says a University of Waterloo student emailed him asking for advice, and the reply he got back read as an obviously templated AI-generated answer.
He suspects the original email was also AI-written. Orosz says this kind of email damages cold outreach for everyone, including students writing from university domains.
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Gergely Orosz@GergelyOroszXCold emails from students are becoming indistinguishable from AI-generated spamAIGergely Orosz says a University of Waterloo student emailed him for advice, and his reply got an obviously templated AI-generated answer. He suspects the original email was also AI-written, which he says damages cold email for everyone, even from university domains.
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