Professor gets 10 AI-written application emails a day — he just archives them all
adeelrazi · x · 2026-10-30
An academic says his inbox is flooded with AI-generated lab application emails — a paper summary, a confident research proposal, hyper-professional tone — about ten a day, seven days a week, all in the same monotonous style.
Two years ago one such email in three months would have gotten serious attention; now he skims and archives. His advice to genuine applicants: read a paper and share your own imperfect takeaways — that guarantees a response.
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