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Have you ever in your life seen the release of a tool that can save about 30 minutes per day from most office jobs and possibly more in the future? I haven’t an

Have you ever in your life seen the release of a tool that can save about 30 minutes per day from most office jobs and possibly more in the future? I haven’t and never expected I would.

modriano 4y ago
I'm old enough to remember when Zoom started saving me and all of my coworkers 60 to 90 minutes per day.
wilsonnb3 4y ago
Google search? Dropbox/google drive/etc? Git maybe, although obviously not for all office jobs. GPS navigation? Keurigs and instant pots? I strayed a bit from “office jobs” but yes I have lived through a number of things that save 30 minutes a day for a lot of people.
danabrams 4y ago
Is remote work a tool? It saved me waaaay more than 30 minutes a day. And those were unpaid hours too.
sanitycheck 4y ago
I'm not pro or anti this, just mildly interested. So, how can it save 30 mins per day from most office jobs? I get how it could replace certain jobs almost entirely, if those jobs involve churning out a lot of bullshit text. For anything that actually matters, checking/fixing ChatGPT output is going to take roughly as long as doing the research/writing oneself to begin with.
- mdp2021 4y ago
  > I get how it could replace certain jobs almost entirely, if those jobs involve churning out a lot of bullshit text Poster's name of 'sanitycheck' happily checks.
- amelius 4y ago
  > I'm not pro or anti this, just mildly interested. So, how can it save 30 mins per day from most office jobs? It could help write emails faster, especially ones that require a lot of care. Or summarize meeting notes.
  - prmoustache 4y ago
    How so? What takes long is the times it takes to reflect on what you want to express (basically what you would prompt to chatGPT), not the actual form.
yaky 4y ago
I get what you’re saying, but who is saving time here? If I spend one minute to have ChatGPT write a message to someone else (a real person), that someone else has to spend more time reading my email than I spent writing it. This adds a superfluous layer over what otherwise should have been direct and clear communication. (a.k.a “meeting that should have been an email” scenario)
duckmysick 4y ago
Spreadsheets and word processors saved a lot of time compared to their analogue versions.

Have you ever in your life seen the release of a tool that can save about 30 minutes per day from most office jobs and possibly more in the future? I haven’t and never expected I would.

modriano 4y ago

I'm old enough to remember when Zoom started saving me and all of my coworkers 60 to 90 minutes per day.

wilsonnb3 4y ago

Google search? Dropbox/google drive/etc? Git maybe, although obviously not for all office jobs. GPS navigation? Keurigs and instant pots? I strayed a bit from “office jobs” but yes I have lived through a number of things that save 30 minutes a day for a lot of people.

danabrams 4y ago

Is remote work a tool? It saved me waaaay more than 30 minutes a day. And those were unpaid hours too.

sanitycheck 4y ago

I'm not pro or anti this, just mildly interested. So, how can it save 30 mins per day from most office jobs? I get how it could replace certain jobs almost entirely, if those jobs involve churning out a lot of bullshit text. For anything that actually matters, checking/fixing ChatGPT output is going to take roughly as long as doing the research/writing oneself to begin with.

mdp2021 4y ago
> I get how it could replace certain jobs almost entirely, if those jobs involve churning out a lot of bullshit text Poster's name of 'sanitycheck' happily checks.
amelius 4y ago
> I'm not pro or anti this, just mildly interested. So, how can it save 30 mins per day from most office jobs? It could help write emails faster, especially ones that require a lot of care. Or summarize meeting notes.
- prmoustache 4y ago
  How so? What takes long is the times it takes to reflect on what you want to express (basically what you would prompt to chatGPT), not the actual form.

yaky 4y ago

I get what you’re saying, but who is saving time here? If I spend one minute to have ChatGPT write a message to someone else (a real person), that someone else has to spend more time reading my email than I spent writing it. This adds a superfluous layer over what otherwise should have been direct and clear communication. (a.k.a “meeting that should have been an email” scenario)

duckmysick 4y ago

Spreadsheets and word processors saved a lot of time compared to their analogue versions.