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Re:ChatGPT Has Gone Berserk by didntcheck on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @03:46PM (#39459308)
Yeah. Almost everytime I see someone excitedly show me how they've used ChatGPT to automate some non-marketing writing I just come away thinking "congratulations on automating wasting everyone else's time". If your email can be summed up in a couple of sentences, maybe just paste that into the body and click send!
Re:ChatGPT Has Gone Berserk by dustingetz on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @04:32PM (#39459851)
because recipient monkey not like word used get mad
Re:ChatGPT Has Gone Berserk by didntcheck on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @05:09PM (#39460350)
Yeah I can understand its use when it genuinely is in a context where presentation matters, but for internal, peer-level comms it feels like the equivalent of your colleague coming into the office and speaking to you with the fake overpoliteness and enthusiasm of a waiter in a restaurant. It's annoying at best and potentially makes them appear vapid and socially distant at best

Of course plenty of people make this mistake without AI, e.g. dressing up bad news in transparent "HR speak"/spin that can just make the audience feel irritated or even insulted

In many cases plain down-to-earth speech is a hell of a lot more appreciated than obvious fluff

But rather than being a negative nancy, perhaps I will trial using ChatGPT to help make my writing more simple and direct to understand

Re:ChatGPT Has Gone Berserk by dustingetz on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @09:04PM (#39462230)
social norms are an evolved behavior, and especially necessary with people who are different than you (i.e. not your buddies who are all the same). ignore at your peril
Re:ChatGPT Has Gone Berserk by matwood on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @04:08PM (#39459580)
> If your email can be summed up in a couple of sentences, maybe just paste that into the body and click send!

Rewrite this email in the style of Smart Brevity is what I do. Done.

Re:ChatGPT Has Gone Berserk by wnevets on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @04:10PM (#39459597)
> If your email can be summed up in a couple of sentences, maybe just paste that into the body and click send!

but then no one will get to see how smart and professional I am.