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Looking at it from a signal vs noise perspective:

The noise was the proposal, which was no doubt several pages at least.

The signal was "we should build a new R&D centre".

Am I missing anything? Did you feed the AI some financial figures or other information that couldn't be found on company website? If so, that would also be part of the signal.

It reminds me of an experiment in which people wanted to cut in line. Saying "can I cut in front of you because I'm in a hurry?" was significantly more successful than saying "can I cut in front of you?", even though they are essentially the same. (I read about this in the book Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion).

AI generated reports, proposals, and other fluff, can make things seem so much more persuasive. Alice is going to ask her AI to turn her 1 sentence into 5 paragraphs, and then Bob is going to ask his AI to summarize the 5 paragraphs into 1 sentence.




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