Just because you can, does it mean you should?
Though it's not commonly known but you can download anyone's Linkedin profile as a PDF.
What is less commonly known is that you can easily feed this PDF into ChatGPT or any other AI tool so you can "play" with that information.
(The downside, or limitation, is that a person's Linkedin profile is obviously just a tiny snippet of who they really are. Or even more, it's rather who they want to be seen as. Even considering this, it's 'not nothing'.)
How?
You can add a prompt along the lines of "You are forensic psychologist. Take this person's profile and make educated, well-reasoned guesses about their personality, characteristics, and general traits. Ignore low-probability guesses. Consider that this is how they want to be seen, which may not fully reflect who they truly are. Look for telltale signs as well."
That's surely fun, but it can have a real utility:
- meeting preparation: "Give me tips on how to connect better in our meeting, considering his/her personality style."
- personalized messages: "Take my briefing/email/note [attached] and suggest ways to make it resonate more with this person, based on his/her profile."
- persuasion: "Based on what you understand about this person, suggest new messages/ideas about [topic X] that would likely appeal to this him/her."
Is this ethical? Where are the boundaries of tech, messaging, and communication?
Thoughts and comments welcome.
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cc Jacques Foul (thanks for volunteering for this experiment 😎)
This was originally posted on Andras Baneth's LinkedIn account.