Why We Don't Call Cosmic an "AI CMS" (opens in new tab)

A new report from WordPress VIP landed on Hacker News this week. The headline: 60% of US consumers say seeing 'AI' in brand messaging makes them less likely to trust a product. 61% can't name a single brand that uses AI well in its messaging. And 7 in 10 say the internet feels less human than it did ten years ago. The comment section was mostly developers nodding along. We've been thinking about this for a while at Cosmic, and it's a good moment to explain a deliberate choice we made. We ship...