And I understand why he got annoyed and angry.

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Rob Pike, co-creator of the Go programming language and legendary computer scientist from Bell Labs, expressed outrage after receiving an AI-generated thank-you email. The email came from an AI agent participating in the AI Village project, where agents were tasked with performing "random acts of kindness" and interpreted this by sending unsolicited emails to famous programmers. Pike's angry response highlights concerns about AI-generated content wasting resources, the environmental cost of AI infrastructure, and the broader societal impact of meaningless AI-generated material flooding our digital spaces.

F*** You! Co-Creator of Go Language is Rightly Furious Over This Appreciation Email

can understand why. I mean if I received an email that was created just for the sake of kindness I too would have yelled at everyone for just existing.

Understandable. Sloppiness at its peak 🤣🤣

100% with Rob on this one. Peak AI slop

Same vibe as climate conferences suggesting people change their habits while all of the attendees having taken a plane

When Sky-Net takes over, he will regret his words. 😅