I used to agree wholly, until I began reading accounts from hiring managers who don't read a single fucking word of a single cover letter - with AI or otherwise.
Really burned me up.
I still recommend a proper, well-considered cover letter.
Just wonder if I'm doing the candidate a disservice, based on what I'm hearing.
We empathize your point that a generic AI-ish cover letter adds no value to society.
That's the reason we designed a system that generates cover letters as personalized as possible. These are displayed in a rich text editor, as we encourage our users to use it as a skeleton and not as a final version.
It's disrespectful because it's essentially a fake/empty message (often a regurgitation of the CV) and a bet that the receiving side will be dumb enough not to notice.
I occasinally use cover letters to highlight super specific things that called my attention or that make me a particularly well-suited candidate.