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Since I don't have an expendable army, I must be either an idiot or a troglodyte. Where my understanding falters is finding a domain where accuracy and truth ar

Since I don't have an expendable army, I must be either an idiot or a troglodyte. Where my understanding falters is finding a domain where accuracy and truth aren't relevant. In your example you said nothing about a "phased rollout", is that even germane to this scenario? Is there appreciable "financial risk?" Are you personally qualified to make that judgement? You put your name at the bottom of this letter and provided absolutely no evidence backing the claim, so you'd best be ready for the shitstorm. I don't think HR will smile kindly on the "uh idk chatgpt did it" excuse.

llm_trw 2y ago
If I was sending it as a business email I'd edit it before sending it off. But the first draft saved me between 10 to 30 minutes of trying to get out of the headspace of "this is a fucking disaster and I need to look for a new job" to speaking corporatese that MBAs can understand. This is where the HI comes into the equation.
- jcgrillo 2y ago
  Is that really a problem most people have in business communication? I can't recall a time sending a professionally appropriate email was actually hard.. Also, consider the email's recipient. How would you feel if you had to wade through paragraph upon paragraph of vacuous bullshit that boils down to "Hey [name], I think the thing we're doing could be done a little differently and that would make it a lot less expensive, would you like to discuss?"
srveale 2y ago
"Here is the project description: [project description] Help me think of ways this could go wrong." Copy some of the results. Be surprised that you didn't think of some of them. "Rewrite the email succinctly and in a more casual tone. Mention [results from previous prompt + your own thoughts]. Reference these pricing pages: [URL 1], [URL 2]. The recipient does not appreciate obvious brown nosing."

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Since I don't have an expendable army, I must be either an idiot or a troglodyte. Where my understanding falters is finding a domain where accuracy and truth ar

by jcgrillo 2y ago

llm_trw 2y ago
If I was sending it as a business email I'd edit it before sending it off. But the first draft saved me between 10 to 30 minutes of trying to get out of the headspace of "this is a fucking disaster and I need to look for a new job" to speaking corporatese that MBAs can understand. This is where the HI comes into the equation.
- jcgrillo 2y ago
  Is that really a problem most people have in business communication? I can't recall a time sending a professionally appropriate email was actually hard.. Also, consider the email's recipient. How would you feel if you had to wade through paragraph upon paragraph of vacuous bullshit that boils down to "Hey [name], I think the thing we're doing could be done a little differently and that would make it a lot less expensive, would you like to discuss?"
srveale 2y ago
"Here is the project description: [project description] Help me think of ways this could go wrong." Copy some of the results. Be surprised that you didn't think of some of them. "Rewrite the email succinctly and in a more casual tone. Mention [results from previous prompt + your own thoughts]. Reference these pricing pages: [URL 1], [URL 2]. The recipient does not appreciate obvious brown nosing."