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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
Tom Fishburne | marketoonist.com
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A man sitting at his computer tells a woman A.I. TURNS THIS SINGLE BULLET POINT INTO A LONG EMAIL I CAN PRETEND I WROTE.
A woman sitting at her computer tells a man A.I. MAKES A SINGLE BULLET POINT OUT OF THIS LONG EMAIL I CAN PRETEND I READ.
The fact that I have heard company executives talk about both of these activities unironically within the span of the same meeting damages my calm
It works best if you presume that nobody else exists on planet Earth ~~who will use AI~~ beside them.
The Rich will have access to AI, the Poors will have to struggle along without, like an upgrade to how contracts, terms & licensing agreements do now.
Case in point: self-hosters today must develop defenses against AI attacks, while websites such as Facebook/Insta/Threads and (fuck-)Reddit and X(hitter) work just fine and provide a "premium" connectivity experience, not so subtlety pushing people towards using the paid rather than free services.
Enhance your calm
Enchant you clam
Emailing just the bullet point will get you on a PIP.
That's the real underlying problem here: the culture of workplace corpo-speak embellishment -- a culture that's so heavily entrenched that going against it will likely cost you your job.
Jokes on them I won't read their AI bullhsit
You'll have AI read it for you?
Be brave: have AI read and reply for you.