The author concludes that as AI continues to evolve, it is becoming more adept at generating human-like text. This suggests that the era of easily identifying spam emails due to awkward phrasing or blatant sales pitches is ending. Instead, AI, specifically generative AI, is now capable of crafting convincing, personalized emails that are difficult to distinguish from those written by humans.
Key takeaways:
- The author received an unusually eloquent email from an ex-colleague, which turned out to be generated by an AI-powered writing tool.
- The AI tool was able to gather information about the author's life from public data sources like Twitter.
- This experience made the author realize that sales emails, phishing, and spam are about to become more sophisticated due to AI technology.
- As AI continues to evolve, it's becoming more capable of generating human-like text, making it harder to distinguish between spam emails and those written by humans.