Via yesterday's whoishiring thread, I received more than 70 emails. A good percentage of them (nearly half of them) came with unedited AI-generated cover letters.
Please don't do this. I spend time going through the resume, the various links in it, and then responding to everyone who applied. But this time, with so much AI-generated verbiage I simply don't want to.
I understand non-native speakers of English wanting to use AI. But frankly, just saying "here's my resume (and github/blog/publications etc)" is better than ChatGPT content. Writing longer emails creates an obligation for us (at the hiring end), and when it's AI-generated you're just wasting our time. If there's a distinct AI-generated tone to the email, I'm inclined to not consider the application.
Please don't do this. I spend time going through the resume, the various links in it, and then responding to everyone who applied. But this time, with so much AI-generated verbiage I simply don't want to.
I understand non-native speakers of English wanting to use AI. But frankly, just saying "here's my resume (and github/blog/publications etc)" is better than ChatGPT content. Writing longer emails creates an obligation for us (at the hiring end), and when it's AI-generated you're just wasting our time. If there's a distinct AI-generated tone to the email, I'm inclined to not consider the application.