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Re:Why it can be a good idea to say “Thank You” to ChatGPT by satisfice on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @02:07AM (#36040483)
How do you know it isn't distorting what you say?

I received an email written by ChatGPT inquiring about the classes I teach. However, the prompter of the email caused ChatGPT to write the wrong kind of email. He wanted to know about taking my public class as an individual; but the AI wrote an email structured to inquire about a private class for a corporation.

I had to puzzle over this strange email for a bit until I noticed at the bottom he said it was actually written by ChatGPT. This allowed me to blame the AI for misunderstanding his needs, instead of writing him off as a weirdo for wanting me to send him a "quote" for something that doesn't require a quote.

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Re:Why it can be a good idea to say “Thank You” to ChatGPT by teekert on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @02:59AM (#36040849)
I read a lot of English, my own (and for that matter my non-English colleague's) texts are mostly hard to read, they don't "flow". My native English speaking colleagues are much much better at it. I used to have my American colleague go over my texts, now I don't have to bother her anymore... That is, only for IP and company secrets I may bother her.
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Re:Why it can be a good idea to say “Thank You” to ChatGPT by andai on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @03:42PM (#36063002)
No, you should still blame the guy for not checking the email was sane before sending it.
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