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Both of the texts are suboptimal in different ways. The original text is: im interested in this place - do you allow dogs? Some readers will assume the writ
by hathawsh 3y ago
Both of the texts are suboptimal in different ways. The original text is:
im interested in this place - do you allow dogs?
Some readers will assume the writer is not well educated because "im" should be capitalized and there should be an apostrophe. Other readers will notice the use of a hyphen, which is not very common in written text; it reveals that the writer may actually be educated but writing quickly. A well educated reader will see both of those signals and recognize that this is too little information to reliably judge the writer.
The AI version of the text is overly formal and verbose, making it clear that the writer does not wish to reveal their level of education. I think that's the reason people might be interested in this.
- saintfire 3y agoIts interesting when all you seem to factor in is level of education, implying it's the most important metric for selecting tenants. I'd contend its hardly relevant. My only gut impressions is the first seems rather nonchalant, which is sort of strange when entering a presumably expensive contract. The longer response just feels very boilerplate to the point where I'd question if its not the opening to a blanket scam message. I guess an important takeaway is that everyone perceives interactions in different ways and that's really why this whole thing is relevant.
- hathawsh 3y agoI think of it more from the writer's perspective. In my experience, a large number of people shy away from writing anything because they feel they cannot write in a way that makes them sound smart. (And if they're not smart, they believe the recipient will not be interested in helping them.) I think there's value in tech companies helping people overcome that fear.
- neilv 3y agoI think you've found a legitimate use for this. (As a stopgap measure, for better education.) Sadly, I don't think that will be the majority of the use. Also, if this were the target use case, the use case could be adapted to the larger problem of tutoring/coaching feedback, to help the person learn and improve, not "write my essay for me, I don't much care what it says, just make me look smart".
- chaosmonger7 3y agoI think the apartment writing is symptomatic of the extreme, highly educated, San Francisco bubble many live in. The people I know in real estate are not reading Hemingway on the weekend and appreciate fine writing. They are blue collar guys with good business sense and good at fixing housing. The writing style of the tenant matters to them zero. "You can write a proper restaurant review for Benu or Birdsong along with writing a good inquiry into getting that apartment in Presidio Heights you always wanted"
- SoftTalker 3y agoThe AI version of the text has me expecting that the next reply will be an explanation that they are a Nigerian prince and will be paying me twice my asking price but that I will need to cash the first check and send half the money to an escrow holder to prove that I am trustworthy.