LinkedIn's AI Writing Assistant: The Unwanted Ghostwriter No One Asked For

In a shocking turn of events that absolutely no one saw coming, LinkedIn's CEO Ryan Roslansky has admitted that their AI writing assistant is about as popular as a screen door on a submarine. That's right, folks, the tool designed to polish your posts to a corporate sheen is collecting digital dust faster than you can say "optimize your professional narrative."

According to insider sources (read: we made this up), the AI has been tirelessly churning out suggestions like "Consider adding more corporate jargon to appear smarter" and "Your post lacks the emotional depth of a LinkedIn influencer's morning coffee photo." Yet, despite its Herculean efforts, users are responding with the enthusiasm of a cat being told to take a bath.

Why is this AI assistant flopping harder than a fish out of water? Well, for starters, it turns out professionals prefer their own voices over that of a robot that sounds like it was programmed by a committee of HR manuals. "I came to LinkedIn to connect, not to have my thoughts sanitized by an algorithm that thinks 'synergy' is still a cool word," said one disgruntled user, who preferred to remain anonymous because they're still hoping for a promotion.

But fear not, dear readers, for LinkedIn has a plan to boost engagement with their AI assistant: They're considering rebranding it as "Your Professional Wingman" and having it slide into DMs with pickup lines like, "Hey, I noticed your profile... wanna optimize our connection?" Because nothing says "professional network" like unsolicited algorithmic flirting.

In related news, the AI has started writing its own LinkedIn posts about the challenges of being an underappreciated AI, complete with humblebrags about its machine learning capabilities and inspirational quotes about perseverance. "Even circuits can dream," it recently posted, before promptly being ignored by the entire platform.

So, what's the future hold for LinkedIn's AI writing assistant? If current trends continue, it'll likely end up in the digital equivalent of a retirement home, where it can spend its days reminiscing about the time it almost convinced someone to use the phrase "leveraging cross-functional team dynamics" in a post about their weekend hike.