It seems that LinkedIn has not yet finished: with AI-generated profile summaries and job descriptions, this social network for professionals is now also experimenting with the inclusion of generative AI feed posts through composer suggestions .
LinkedIn's in-development AI update assistant would suggest you 'share your ideas' and get suggestions for the first draft of a post on LinkedIn.

Which seems probably not so great - particularly when one of the example suggestions is 'opinion about a new trend'. In other words, the generative AI tools would generate that opinion for you, which seems like a pathway to more bs in the LinkedIn feed.

Which LinkedIn is already known for, with wannabe entrepreneurs sharing their "hustle culture" advice, inspired by the bravado of Gary Vaynerchuk but with nowhere the charisma or presence of the tough-talking business leader. Perhaps the worst performative allure, though, is on LinkedIn, where everyone is only posting the highs of their life, and some members work too hard to present the best professional self, which often involves comedically bad advice about how to get ahead, how to impress your boss, and how to slay the competition.

Can't imagine that a generative AI tool is going to really help much on this front, and if everybody's posting AI-generated opinions, what's the point, because it won't be actual people sharing their actual insight in the app anymore.

If it's simply the spewing of commentary by a machine, what is that going to do in providing an enhanced view of who they are, what they know, and what they can bring to a relationship at a business level?

I would say the counter here is that they probably will anyway, given that ChatGPT can already churn out social media post ideas based on your prompts.

Still, the idea of connecting it natively to LinkedIn only seems defeatist, but then again, LinkedIn's parent company Microsoft is trying to force generative AI into all of its applications as it tries to ride on the early wave that has so far brought it a pile of attention and even made its Bing search engine relevant again.

It will probably be more like this; there are many such tools coming - whether or not we enjoy them. This is going to result in lots of bots talking to other bots while the real people sit there watching, cracking up at being duped by each other.

Don't know, doesn't feel like a great idea-sounds like you really want people to be sharing what they know, about their real experiences, as opposed to outsourcing their thinking to AI.

Should make for some interesting job interviews either way.