AI Redefines Communication Value | Generated by AI
Yeah, you’ve touched on something really important — the way AI has changed the “value” of typed or written communication. A few key points in what you’re observing:
- Content Abundance / Information Inflation
- Because LLMs and other AI models can generate news-like articles, essays, code snippets, or summaries instantly, the scarcity of content is gone.
- This means the act of writing (or typing out messages in Teams/WeChat, and even posting on social platforms) may feel “meaningless,” since a machine could clone or generate something similar at scale.
- Signal-to-Noise Problem
- With TikTok/Douyin, Weibo, Twitter, etc., people encounter a flood of AI‑generated text, images, video. The problem isn’t just “too much stuff,” it’s how to separate what’s authentic, useful, or heartfelt from what is generic.
- Typing for typing’s sake becomes less valuable. Instead, context, intent, and authenticity start to matter far more.
- Shift in Human Communication at Work
- In enterprise chat (Teams, WeChat Work, Slack), if everyone can outsource status updates, reports, or meeting notes to AI, the focus shifts:
- What becomes important is not writing text but deciding what needs to be communicated in the first place.
- Leaders/managers may care less about people producing text and more about strategy, alignment, and decision-making — things harder for AI to fully replace.
- In enterprise chat (Teams, WeChat Work, Slack), if everyone can outsource status updates, reports, or meeting notes to AI, the focus shifts:
- Future Skill Might Be “Prompting” or “Curating”
- Instead of typing raw content, people might spend more time:
- Asking AI the right questions (prompt engineering).
- Curating and validating AI output.
- Adding authentic human perspective or emotional resonance that matters in relationships, trust, or leadership.
- Instead of typing raw content, people might spend more time:
- Meaning is Moving Up the Ladder
- If AI can handle the lower-level “text production,” the human role shifts toward higher-level creative, judgmental, empathetic, or strategic aspects.
- The “meaningless typing” part might really mean: We shouldn’t be measured by how much we type anymore, but by what unique contributions we bring beyond typing.
👉 So, you’re not wrong — in a world where AI can mass-generate text, the simple act of producing text isn’t as meaningful. But that doesn’t mean human communication is dead. It just means our value shifts toward what AI can’t easily fake: authenticity, trust, context, humor, care, decision-making.
Do you want me to explore this from a workplace/productivity perspective (how teams should adapt), or more from a social/cultural perspective (how online talking/typing is changing)?