AI is making everything sound right. Maybe that’s the problem.

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March 26, 2026

by a professional-advisory from University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa in Baltimore, MD, USA

Over the past several months, I’ve been paying close attention to how AI is being used in real-world situations related to my business, and I’m starting to notice a pattern. It all sounds the same. Whether it’s a LinkedIn post, a Reddit post, an email, outreach, even offers. Same tone, same structure, same feel. I’m seeing it in my own inbox now too. Cold emails, DMs, texts. And I’m starting to ignore it. All of it. Not because I think AI is useless. I don’t. I use it. It helps me if I need a recipe, need to know how to set up an inbox for outreach, what’s wrong with my iphone, etc. But in business, at least from everything I’ve experienced, it still comes down to people. Conversations. Relationships. Buying, selling, interacting. Lately, it feels like that part has gotten lost. I’m a salesman, yes. But, I want to talk to you. I hope you want to talk to me. Otherwise, what’s the point? What happens when most of what we’re sending out is written by something that “thinks” this is how we communicate? I’ve tested it myself. I’ve had AI rewrite things I’ve written. It cleans it up, makes it tighter, more polished. Which is fine. However, it takes out what made it mine. It removes ‘me’. So I’ve found myself pushing back more and just writing the way I normally would. Sometimes it lands, sometimes it doesn’t. But, it’s mine. I’m curious…is anyone else seeing this? Are you using AI for outreach, communication, or even internal thinking? Do you think the people you’re communicating with can tell? Does it matter? Or am I overthinking it?
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from University of Pisa in Northampton, UK
@redacted‌ I record myself talking about my core topics for LinkedIn and upload the raw audio to Claude so it can structure the posts in a better way. The thoughts are all mine and the posts reflect how I talk, but now I'm second guessing myself?
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Reply by a professional-advisory
from University of Alabama in Baltimore, MD, USA
Well, my goal wasn't to make anyone doubt themselves. It's just what I've been seeing. I truly wasn't trying to rant. I was observing. I've also had several people dm me here and in other groups I've shared this sentiment in and I'm getting lots of agreement. The big companies are almost forcing people to learn and use it. The times I tried to have it do anything related to even spreadsheets it screwed up the math. Which I didn't think was possible. But alas, there it is.
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