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New policy: untargeted email with no unsubscribe link? Block and report as spam.
Yes, I am hoping Gmail picks up on this and blocks their whole domain. Just because you *can* spin up tons of somewhat-personalised outreach emails using AI doesnβt mean you *should*.
Plonk.
Added this note to my blogβs about page:
βEverything on this blog is crafted lovingly by hand, by me; no slop detected. I wouldnβt expect you to read something I couldnβt be bothered to write.β
Seemed important?
Me phones up insurance company.
"Hi I'm your AI agent - please tell me what you want me to help you with today"
Me "mmmrf blerp wibble fartybumcheeks"
AI agent "sorry, I couldn't understand that - please speak clearly so I can assist you"
Me "thunderbum spaffdisk blaargh"
AI agent "sorry, I seem to be having problems understanding you. Please wait whilst I transfer you to a customer service agent"
Result
This also works for button mashing in long "select this for this" menu trees. It's covered by the equality act as discrimination - a disabled person may have trouble speaking clearly enough for AI to understand. Even strong accents can throw it off. They are always supposed to put you through to a human if the machine responses are unclear.
(UK only - may not work locally for you)
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