Everyone Sounds Smart Now

One of the biggest changes I’ve noticed at work is how well people use AI to craft their messages.

Before AI, people wrote in their own words before texting or mailing. It sounded human, and you could almost tell whether the person had clarity on what they were writing or was just writing for the sake of it.

Now, everyone turns half formed thoughts into well crafted messages. It’s very difficult to tell whether the other person actually knows what they’re saying. Polished grammar and complex sentences make people sound smart, but if you confront the same people in real life, they stumble over half of what they confidently wrote.

So be careful if you fall into this category. We should definitely use AI to do better work and add more value, but have clarity in what you do, not just in what you say.

AI has democratized the ability to sound smart without having anything to say :)