AI Company Boss Demands Rough Human Scribbles Before Fancy Robot Lies
KEY POINTS
- ā¢Scott Stevenson, CEO of Toronto-based Spellbook, released new rules in 2026 limiting AI use for project proposals.
- ā¢He wants employees to submit rough 'D+ version' bullet points instead of polished AI-enhanced documents full of 'nonsense.'
- ā¢Spellbookās policy mandates customers receive hand-written communications to ensure authentic human care.
At Spellbook, a Toronto AI startup that drafts contracts, CEO Scott Stevenson just dropped the anti-AI-glamour house rules nobody saw coming in 2026. Stevenson's beef? Employees flood his inbox with project proposals so polished by AI they shine brighter than the thinking behind them, filled with 'AI nonsense' and corporate fluff. Instead, he wants what he calls the 'D+ version' ā think scrappy five bullet points, minus the AI lipstick. His memo to 200-plus staff sets rules forbidding AI to write main proposals, demanding they confess AI use and stating hand-written customer notes beat robo-fluff. Apparently, AI writing isnāt just bad; itās got its own 'sloppification' epidemic, warned by Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli. Stevensonās message is clear: when AI pretends to think, real brains get lost in translation, and lawyers might soon sue over hallucinated cases. Meanwhile, Spellbook's 5,000 customers deserve actual human feels, not robot bubbling glitter.
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(1 of 3)Spellbookās CEO wants messy human ideas before AI puts lipstick on corporate pigs. Because who needs polished nonsense when you can get authentic chaos?
When your own CEO mistrusts AI writing so much you have to submit your homework in crayon, maybe the robot takeover isnāt ready for prime time.
Spellbook demands āD+ plansā from humans to avoid robotic essays so boring even the bots are asleep. Proof AI canāt fake soul, just fluff.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/7/2026 | Author: Tim Paradis
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