South Korean girl group IVE member Ahn Yujin recently went viral on social media for a comment made during a signing event, sparking a cultural discussion about “AI and human emotions.” At the beginning of March, during a signing event, a fan mentioned to Yujin that if someone is not good at expressing themselves, they might use AI to write fan letters. Yujin’s response was very direct. She said that using AI for homework might be understandable, but if a letter to her sounds like it was written by ChatGPT, she would rather not read it at all.
This video has nearly 400,000 views online, reflecting how generative AI is changing human expression. From doing homework, writing resumes, to composing love letters and confessions, more and more people are relying on AI to organize their language. Yujin’s reaction highlights a contradiction: if emotions are expressed by AI, are they truly your own? Especially for Yujin’s generation, witnessing the evolution from handwritten love letters and messages to AI-generated content. Many IVE fans have grown up during the rapid development of generative AI in recent years.
IVE Ahn Yujin: If you use ChatGPT to write fan letters, just don’t write them
It all started at a fan signing event in early March. A fan told Yujin that many people now use ChatGPT to assist with writing, such as homework or articles. The fan then said that if someone is not good at expressing themselves, they might use AI to help write fan letters, making the content richer and the words more beautiful.
Yujin’s response was very straightforward. She first said that using AI for homework might be understandable, but if it’s a letter to her, it’s different. She even joked that if she receives a letter that smells like ChatGPT, she might not just ignore it but refuse to read it altogether.
Yujin’s reply received widespread praise, with netizens commenting that she probably takes fan letters seriously, which is why she said that.
AI cannot replicate human emotions and the “imperfections of beauty”
After fans uploaded a video of this exchange, it quickly went viral on social platforms. Many netizens supported Yujin’s view, believing that the most important thing in fan letters is emotion, not literary skill. But this also reflects a larger societal issue: AI can write better, but is it still “your words”?
Generative AI is rapidly transforming human expression. From doing homework, writing resumes, to composing love letters and confessions, more people are relying on AI to organize their language. However, Yujin’s reaction points to a core contradiction: if emotions are expressed by AI, are they truly your own?
Fan letters were originally a very “clumsy” cultural form. Many letters have imperfect grammar, broken sentences, or are very simple. But it’s precisely because of these imperfections that they feel genuine. When AI can generate perfect, well-structured, emotionally rich letters, the words themselves lose the ability to prove “this was written by you.” Just like vinyl records have made a comeback in the digital music era.
The video of the signing event quickly circulated online, reaching nearly 400,000 views before publication. Below is a verbatim translation of the news article:
Fan: But recently, everyone has been using ChatGPT a lot, right? Like for homework.
Yujin: That I can understand, but if it’s a letter to me…
Fan: Because I’m not very good at expressing myself, so if I use GPT, the content can be richer, and the article can be better.
Yujin: Even so, if you’re going to write with ChatGPT, just don’t write it. I want to be clear. If I receive a letter that smells like ChatGPT, I won’t tolerate it. For me, that’s just not acceptable.
AI-generated content lacks soul
Regarding AI-generated content, this can be extended to Paul Graham’s point: in the age of artificial intelligence, taste will become even more important. Tofus further emphasizes from a writing experience perspective that in the AI era, the value of a work lies not in how much content is generated, but in how “soul” is infused into the content.
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He divides creation into two levels: thinking and organizing viewpoints, and writing and presentation. AI can significantly reduce the cost of the latter, but the choice and organization of viewpoints still depend entirely on the creator. If you just give scattered ideas to the model, what you get is often just a collage of tone imitation, smooth but lacking depth. This echoes Yujin’s intuition: a perfectly AI-generated fan letter might have more beautiful sentences, but it lacks the rough, authentic emotional traces.
Tofus believes that in the AI era, the true key to creation is not “adding” and piling up information, but “subtracting.” Through repeated deletion and reorganization, core viewpoints are refined into shapes perceivable by others. Only through this process can works develop structure and viewpoints, which is the so-called “soul.”
This article about IVE Ahn Yujin refusing to accept “ChatGPT love letters” and how generative AI is changing human expression was first published by ABMedia.
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