Post #4004363

2026-07-22 03:52 UTC

I get so much AI spam related to jobs, and it’s so obvious because AI cannot articulate what my job is at all. “I am so impressed with your work in critical infrastructure intelligence forensics testing” ??? I even get AI headhunted by AI companies who also have no idea what I do. It doesn’t say a lot about the capability of their AI.

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@womble@infosec.exchange 2026-07-22 05:09

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange I have a terrible premonition that things are going to get a lot, lot worse before they get better. The need to apply for so many roles to even get one interview means that it's tough to sit there and customise your resume and cover letter over and over and over, when there's a machine Right There that self-proclaimed "experts" giving bad advice claim is the solution to all your problems. That makes it easier to apply for roles, so every role gets more applicants, so it's harder to stand out and get an interview, so everyone is sending out even more applications... it's a very vicious cycle.

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@kalfeher@infosec.exchange 2026-07-22 05:12

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange I think we anthropomorphise AI tools because of the natural language response. So we are more forgiving than we would be if those tools used a more mechanical tone in generated output. There's few tech tools that would be so popular with such poor observed results. But if those poor results come from our friendly chatbot, well that's ok.

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