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# What Spammers Reveal About AI Writing's Real Problems
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/what-spammers-reveal-about-ai-writings-real-problems/
- Published: 2026-09-24T23:08:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-24T23:08:01.000Z
- Description: Ted Gioia observes that the most aggressive adopters of AI writing tools aren’t startups building the future—they’re spammers, scammers, and SEO hustlers exploiting the technology’s ability to generate plausible-sounding garbage at scale.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-consumer, ai-generated content, trust, platform dynamics

Source: [Ted Gioia](https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/spammers-teach-me-six-ugly-truths)

Ted Gioia observes that the most aggressive adopters of AI writing tools aren't startups building the future—they're spammers, scammers, and SEO hustlers exploiting the technology's ability to generate plausible-sounding garbage at scale. This is the leading edge of what happens when the marginal cost of text production approaches zero and verification mechanisms lag behind generation capabilities. The consumer internet is about to experience the same quality degradation that hit email twenty years ago, except now the spam sounds articulate.