Tech CEO tells workers to stop using AI chatbots for ideas, sends company-wide memo
Scott Stevenson, CEO of AI firm Spellbook, has banned employees from using generative AI for long-form writing and proposals. He argues that AI-generated text often lacks original thought and masks poor strategy with superficial polish.
Why it matters
This highlights a growing trend in corporate leadership to prioritize human critical thinking over the convenience of generative AI tools in professional communication.
The CEO of legal artificial intelligence (AI) firm Spellbook has instructed his staff to stop using generative chatbots to draft workplace proposals, warning that computer-generated writing often masks thin thinking behind empty corporate polish. Scott Stevenson, co-founder and CEO of the Toronto-based startup, noted that proposals packed with “AI nonsense” regularly land on his desk. Whether encountering a project roadmap or a sales campaign, Stevenson explained that synthetic text creates a superficial sheen that looks far more sophisticated than the underlying strategy merits.According to a report by Business Insider, instead of automated elegance, Stevenson is urging his team to hand in their raw, unfinished thoughts.“I want the D+ version of your plan. I would rather that you send a scrappy 5 bullet point proposal than 5 pages of polished fluff,” Stevenson stated, urging personnel to resist dressing up their ideas in florid machine prose.
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