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Combine this with ChatGPT and a Pen Plotter and you can offer heartfelt hand-written letters as a service. (That are neither handwritten, nor heartfelt, but peo
by Version467 4y ago
Combine this with ChatGPT and a Pen Plotter and you can offer heartfelt hand-written letters as a service. (That are neither handwritten, nor heartfelt, but people won't notice, or care.)
- cainxinth 4y agoHa, it’s the thought that counts!
- intotheabyss 4y agoOne step closer to the movie Her
- jvm___ 4y agoSeinfeld. George gets married because of a typo into an AI handwritten letter service he sent to his girlfriend.
- joshspankit 4y agoIs this spitballing, or did that actually happen in the show? My memory is v.fuzzy.
- sbergot 4y agoIn "Her" a human is composing the letters so this is one step further.
- criddell 4y agoI think all of the car dealers I've dealt with the past decade are doing something like this. I get "handwritten" notes from them a few times a year telling me the market is hot for my 5 year old Subaru and I'd be a fool not to trade it in. I don't know if it's a machine writing the notes or if that's what salespeople do when they aren't busy.
- fhsm 4y agoDo you own a 5 year old Subaru? The universe thinks I own a 2011 Dodge Durango. Never owned a 2011. Never owned a Dodge. Nevertheless I get about one junk mailing a week asserting that I do. All are addressed to the same esoteric spelling of my given name (that I do not use) and my actual correctly spelled family name.
- rootusrootus 4y agoI work for a company that writes a lot of the fundamental technology for car dealers. In most cases you probably are getting actual handwritten notes from salespeople. They’ll absolutely put that minimal effort into lead generation.
- ed_mercer 4y agoHow is getting handwritten notes minimal effort?
- rootusrootus 4y agoCompared to the hoops salespeople jump through on a daily basis to chase down anything that faintly smells like a lead, scribbling notes on mailings is low effort indeed.
- boplicity 4y agoJust goes to show how little personalization matters. Unless it's actually personal, it's still fake!
- nirav72 4y agoMost likely mass printed for targeted mailing with a handwriting style font. I remember getting something similar in the mail written in what appeared to be blue ink from a ballpoint pen. Only to find out my wife got an identical piece of ad mail , just with her name at the top.
- dendrite9 4y ago
- anigbrowl 4y agobut people won't notice, or care. Most people, yes. A few will definitely notice and care. Faking this stuff is the fast way to get on my shit list, though I realize I'm in a minority here. I am very pro AI in general, but I am extremely anti-deception. If you send me a 'hand-written note' that really wasn't, why would I trust you about anything else?
- Version467 4y agoI'd generally agree. I personally despise gifts that I receive just because the opposite party felt obligated to give me something. Even if I actively express that my wish is to not receive gifts this is often just ignored because gift giving is so deeply ingrained into our society. However the more I think about it, I don't think that I'd be opposed to receive a card that was written with the help of an AI. Surely it's much more thoughtful of someone to input a couple of keywords that they associate with me and then pick the best one from a few generated cards, than a generic card with an even more generic phrase and picture on it. Feels much less like deception to me and more like assisted writing.