Human or bot? Mark your emails with “Human-written” badges

AI is a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it can help with mundane tasks and make your life much easier – sometimes even doing a better job than a fresh intern.

On the other hand, overusing AI can make you super-lazy. But most importantly, have you ever tried solving a complex problem with an AI-powered support bot? Yikes! An increasing number of people are getting sick and tired of the AI overload and prefer human interactions.

That’s why we’ve created some free badges you can add to your email signatures (and beyond) to let everyone know you’re not a bot.

Why promote human interactions?

As the AI hype continues, we might be just one step away from seeing AI-related content every time we open the fridge.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a rant about AI. I regularly use AI and happily ignore its suggestions about my awkward phrasing.

There’s no denying it: LLMs can be incredibly helpful. Heck, AI-generated content can sometimes seem more empathetic than something created by an actual human. But I’m still a dinosaur who sees more value in interactions between humans.

So, if you’re a dinosaur like me, let it be known. If you take your time to read, understand and provide real answers to emails, brag about it using one of the “100% written by human” badges.

About “written by human” badges

Our badges are 100% human-generated. And there’s more than one way to use them. You can:

• add one to your email signature,
• use it on your website,
• print it and stick it onto something you created (for example, my children love having stickers on their foreheads. But I think we’re still a long way from AI-generated living humans 😉).

Pretty much anytime you want to brag about creating something on your own, our badges will help you get the message across.

How to add a human-generated badge to your emails?

It’s quite simple:

1. Download the “Written by Human” badge pack.
2. Pick the badge you like best.
3. Add the badge to your email signature.

Here are links to our badges:

• English badges
• German badges
• Polish badges

Need an inspiration on where to add a badge? Check out those email signature examples:

How to prove you’re not a bot?

You’d be surprised how often this question pops up these days. So, let’s try to answer it – without asking any AI tools.

Yes, adding a “No AI” badge to your email signature will suggest that you’re not a bot. But, to be honest, you can add such a badge to automatically-generated emails as well.

So, what’s the best way to prove you’re not a bot? Here are some ideas:

1. Read emails carefully.
   I don’t know about you, but from my experience, most AI-generated responses are seemingly helpful, well-construed and reassuring about how much customer experience matters. But ask a support bot a more complex question and you’ll get a wonderful, grammatically perfect, verbose – yet absolutely unhelpful – answer. It’s like it doesn’t understand the question but tries to answer it anyway. Pretty but useless is still pretty useless.
2. Answer questions.
   That’s the natural follow up to the point above. Many times, when I was redirected to a human agent, I still wasn’t sure if it’s really a human. Sometimes, because I needed to paraphrase my questions a few times before getting a relevant answer (or not). Sometimes, because the real human used a canned response that didn’t cover my scenario. That’s why, if there’s a question, answer it. It’s quite simple. And if you don’t know the answer, it’s far better to admit it, than to ignore the question or make uneducated guesses.
3. Go the extra mile.
   If you really want to stand out, don’t stop there. Make an effort to predict what else you can do to help. That’s one of the best ways to build customer loyalty and something a bot is unlikely to do well.
4. Add a personalized email signature.
   While there’s no stopping you from setting up a bot with a great, personalized email signature, most people won’t bother to do that. That’s why a well-formatted email signature with a high-quality headshot of your actual face is a low-cost yet highly effective method to boost your credibility.

Create a professional email signature with our free email signature generator

Promote no AI (or little AI) culture across organization

If your organization doesn’t use AI for everything, it’s a good idea to let your customers know about this.

If you have a highly creative team that likes to put real effort into their work, add a “Created by Humans” badge to everyone’s email signature.

Now, I’m sure that your team is great at what they do, so don’t break it by making them change their email signatures manually. If you’re using Microsoft 365, that’s something we can help you with.

We’ve designed a tool that integrates with your database and automatically adds a professional email signature for everyone in your organization. Automating a mundane task of setting up an email signature (and keeping it up to date), is the smart step. Here’s why:

And yes – the solution is 100% human-generated and backed by a support team that’s 100% human – you won’t get AI-generated answers from us. Meet the award-winning team of humans behind CodeTwo Email Signatures 365