Professor: if you think I can't tell your PhD application email was ChatGPT-written…
johnvmcdonnell · x · 2026-10-28
A professor asks: if you assume I'm too dumb to notice your 'personalized' application email was written by ChatGPT, do you really want me as your PhD advisor? A reply jokes that the optimal number of hustle-culture students spamming AI-generated CRM emails in your lab may not be zero — a snapshot of AI-inflated cold emails in academic admissions.
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