VC receives fully AI-generated email from Dutch org, says it killed his goodwill
marcvanderchijs · x · 2026-10-31
The author received a long, clearly 100% AI-generated email from a Dutch organization in Hong Kong and says it immediately gave him a bad impression, so he kept his reply short.
He questions whether companies realize they lose goodwill this way: if the chairperson didn't spend time on the email, why should he spend time replying? He understands using AI to speed through an inbox, but at minimum it should sound less AI-generated — otherwise the effect is the opposite.
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