If you can't even make a buck torching the planet so people don't have to write their own emails, how do you live? angery

  • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]
    hexagon
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    2 days ago

    What you think you need: AI to write emails for you
    What you actually need: a return to the slower pace and more literary style of the 19th century so you have more opportunities to express yourself creatively: "Dear Sir: It pains me to inform you that the instructions that you have provided for my calculating machine are producing erroneous projections. For my business to proceed as planned, I must have a remedy posthaste."

    • barrbaric [he/him]
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      2 days ago

      Nah what we actually need is to break away from established social conventions that do nothing but waste time. Emails, but see also resumes and cover letters.

      • Cimbazarov [none/use name]
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        2 days ago

        Yea I'm starting to develop a rule of thumb where if AI can totally replace something, it probably wasn't that important to begin with

      • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]
        hexagon
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        2 days ago

        Emails still have some function unless the game plan is to just do everything through text messages.

        I'll be first in line to drive a stake through the heart of the cover letter, though.

        • barrbaric [he/him]
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          2 days ago

          Specifically work emails where there's this weird standard of formality. My work started using Slack and while obviously it's still not great, it's viewed much more casually.