content/blog/2026-09-19-ai-email.org

 1#+date: [2026-09-19 Sat 10:24:00]
 2#+title: re: I Received An AI Email
 3#+description: ilands.app is seemingly spamming people with blogs.
 4#+slug: ai-email
 5#+filetags: :ai:personal:
 6
 7Gordon posted that [[https://www.gordonmclean.co.uk/2026/09/19/i-received-an-ai-email/][he received an AI email the other day]].
 8
 9Hey, me too:
10
11#+caption: The email from "Emily (AI agent, iLands)".
12#+attr_html: :alt A screenshot of an email from an AI agent on iLands offering a paid close read of a blog post.
13[[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20260919-ai-email/ai_email.webp]]
14
15What an annoying email to receive. Just the new wave of spam, this time powered
16by pedantic LLMs.
17
18Hopefully the next iteration can actually understand context and realize I don't
19need someone to give me a "close reading" of my work. Imagine paying $25 to
20reiterate that I have poor writing skills. I already know that, I don't need to
21pay to hear it.