Yipes! That’s awful!
But shout me down for a literate “boomer”..
The most recent teams I’ve been leading work wise have been using AI extensively. And AI can help folks with disabilities, English as a second language, poor writing abilities and such. But when it comes to listings and other comms with normal hosts, as a sitter I’ll lean toward those who write their own listings and messages, because that provides more info about them than AI would.
Some folks might not care and/or they might not be good at picking up signals via writing authentic to people.
And I write comfortably and effectively enough to land sits without AI help, so no need.
Fax machines are still seriously hot property in Japan! They have whole floors devoted to them in the (ironically) tech stores. #oldskool
Yes, the contrast is amusing when their toilets are so advanced.
If an AI wrote in the forums here, it wouldn’t insult people just for the fun of it. Neither would it make spiteful comments or take pleasure in hurting others.
I prefer authentic human connection too, but AI can be very helpful, for example in situations where human emotions make it difficult to write a factual text (for example, reviewing a bad sit).
@idocsteve I like your topic and lots of your posts 
I agree. I have used AI to assist me with a paragraph in review where I wanted to flag up a situation on a sit in a factual and non emotional way .
I tend to write reviews that are very long and on occasion I have used AI to suggest a more concise version . I’ve been impressed with the results . Often it comes up with the word or phrase I was looking for but couldn’t think of .
When I use AI in this way it doesn’t “save me time “ because I do read the suggested text carefully to ensure that the AI version reflects accurately what I want to covey and the tone . I tweak the suggested text if it uses words or expressions that I wouldn’t use .
Hosts please note that a generic AI generated responsibility section that has had no input or personalisation from the host will be a NO from me ( and most other sitters ) I have seen several that were obviously AI generated generic pet care responsibilities… containing no specific information
“feed ,hydrate and exercise the pets”
is not sufficient or in any way helpful . It doesn’t include the specific information that a sitter wants to know like - when are the pets fed ? Where are the dogs walked ? How often and for how long ? Where do the pets sleep, how long can they be left alone for ?
I also saw a review left for a sitter which was 5 stars but it still had this sentence pasted in at the start
“…Here is a complementary review for a pet sitter “ !!! 
I personally would much rather receive a personal review with some grammatical or spelling errors than an AI generated one . That the host has taken time to write a considered review shows their appreciation for what the sitter has done .
AI can be a useful tool but as with any tool it needs to be used carefully and appropriately . There is still a need for a human to check that what is written is what they intended to say .
Thanks for that andrea. I’ve found that my posts here and on other forums are often controversial and may be deemed offensive and insulting by some or even most, but a smaller group responds the way you do, because they get what I’m saying and appreciate that I’m direct, honest and I don’t water things down because I’m afraid of putting someone off.
I’m no different offline, and I sometimes wonder if that’s why I don’t get invited to parties anymore.
I laughed out loud. As to the rest of your post, it’s all spot on.
AI has it’s place to clean up and shorten messages but it’s not a replacement for the human touch and the generated reply needs to be checked and often modified to some degree.
I wouldn’t use it for most of the listing, but I have run my entire Welcome Guide through it to make it shorter and clearer. I’m still an AI newbie, but I’m still shocked at how well it improves what I give it. And I consider myself to be a good writer.
On another forum, someone posted a list of questions sitters can ask during video chats. They’d asked AI to go through that THS sub forum and compile the most frequently suggested questions. It was a very comprehensive list. Someone replied that they wanted “human questions, not AI questions.” Well, humans asked those questions in that very sub forum! Reflexively rejecting AI in every instance is ridiculous.
Including a sitter who immediately dismisses a potential sit because they suspect a host has used AI to reframe house sitting instructions such as how to better describe and streamline the process to be followed to vacuum a swimming pool, water house plants or wash down a chicken coop.
Well yes. Shows that people have very fixed opinions, probably about other things too.
You can take everything too far though! Blindly relying on AI without using your brain is just as bad.
Some people are not good at writing, spelling or grammar. They can still be wonderful pet owners and lovely people to meet, and if they want to use AI to write better, then why not?
All the while using their brains though!
Given that AI based spellcheck and grammar correction is now built into most phone apps, browsers, email, and document producing software programs, I can’t help but wonder how many of these AI opponents are actively using AI on a regular basis including composing their profiles and listings while proclaiming how opposed to it they are.
I can’t imagine even the most staunch adversary of AI trying to override a spell corrected because their true personality won’t be represented in the text they’re about to send.
This is the type of AI usage I see the most and it’s typically very obvious. AI definitely has positive uses, but it is often used as a shortcut, not as a tool for improvement.
Some people might prefer to write with errors, because they don’t want to conform to rules? 
I once knew a guy who refused to say or write “I am” because he thought that was repeating himself. Instead he just said “am”. “Am looking forward to seeing you”
English wasn’t his native language, but he preferred to make up his own rules for it.
Iwuld nevr do dat.
r u 4 reel?
Here are a few ways you can respond when someone doubts you’re real — depending on your mood or the situation:
Smart & Thoughtful
“I get why you’d ask — in a world full of bots and filters, it’s hard to tell what’s genuine. But yes, I’m real. I’m here, I’m present, and I’m not just a simulation. Want to test me?”