What the Post Is Saying
The author's core complaint: more and more of the recruiting emails they receive now are AI-generated—warmly worded, looking tailor-made, but actually indiscriminate mass sends. The job-seeker replies in earnest and it vanishes without a trace, or they're left hanging by an automated process. For an anxious unemployed person, every "we're very interested in your background" kindles hope, and the letdown after discovering it's a bot is real harm—the post uses the word "cruel."
Both Sides Use AI, and the Result Is Worse for Everyone
Recruiting is one of the domains AI automation has penetrated fastest, with both ends in an arms race: employers use AI to screen résumés, blast emails, and do first-round interviews, while job-seekers use AI to mass-apply, tweak résumés, and write cover letters. The result is that the total volume of information explodes while trust drops to zero, and both sides feel there's no real person across from them. Many recruiters in the discussion admit the situation is absurd, yet no one is willing to exit the race first. This is probably a microcosm of many domains in the AI era: each step looks rational on its own, but added together, everyone's experience gets worse at once.
via: Hacker News