How generative AI has changed LinkedIn publishing and what it means for creativity
How generative AI has changed LinkedIn publishing and what it means for creativity by D. Conterno Executive summary Generative AI has materially altered LinkedIn publishing workflows by reducing the cost (time, effort, confidence) of drafting, editing, translating and formatting posts, especially for “thought leadership” style content. LinkedIn itself now offers an AI-powered writing tool for creating posts and explicitly nudges users to edit and add their own thoughts before publishing. https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1517763 Hard, platform-wide year-by-year statistics do not exist publicly for “posts that are >50% AI-generated” because (a) LinkedIn says it does not track whether posts were written/edited with AI (b) there is no standard way to measure “percentage of a post” that is AI-written. https://www.wired.com/story/linkedin-ai-generated-influencers/ The strongest ...