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Handwritten letters are still better than typed. That's why we still get authors to actually sign their book and not just put a print of it. So, no, there is n

Handwritten letters are still better than typed. That's why we still get authors to actually sign their book and not just put a print of it. So, no, there is no evidence that AI will change stuff. We had canned responses and template answers for a long time but people still like talking to a real human being. P.S. I think you should have told them to write a thank you letter themselves as a fun game to compare with the AI one and send that one instead.

perching_aix 1y ago
Maybe this is a generational difference, but I really don't like handwritten anything. Something being handwritten doesn't evoke anything inside me - if anything, it only brings frustration, since having to decipher someone's handwriting (especially mine) can be no mean feat. There are also countless examples of cards and such with blatantly printed-on signatures, and there are signature plotting machines (autopens [0]) that further make automated signatures impossible to tell apart. AI has already changed stuff. I have already seen several related examples of distasteful AI use in corporate settings. One example was management promising that feedback received during a townhall will be reviewed, only to then later proudly announce that they AI-summarized it. I'll readily admit that doing that is actually a very sensible use of AI, just maybe the messaging around it should have been a bit less out of touch. Another example was my coworker expressing his gratitude to the team, while simultaneously passing the milestone of producing more than 10 consecutive words of coherent English for the first time in his life. He was awfully proud of it too. And to finish it off, talking to real human beings on the internet is increasingly miserable by the day. Without going too far off into the weeds, let me give you a practical, older example. I've participated in a Discord server of a FOSS project, specifically in their support channels, for a couple years - walked away a very different person, with great appreciation for service workers. I'm sure the people coming there loved being able to torment, I mean ask help from, real human beings. By the end, this feeling was very much not reciprocated. I was not alone in this either of course, and the mask would fall off of people increasingly often. Those very real human beings looking for help were not too happy either, especially when said masks fell off. So it was mostly just miserable for everyone involved. AI can substitute in such situations very handily, and everyone is honestly plain better off. Having to explain the same thing over and over to varyingly difficult people is not something a lot of people are cut out for, but the need is ever present and expanding, and AI has zero problems with filling those shoes. It can provide people with the assistance they need and deserve. It can provide even those with that help that do not need it, nor deserve it. Everyone's happier. We've concocted a lot of inhuman(e) systems and social dynamics for ourselves over time. I have some skepticisms towards the future of AI myself, but it has a very legitimate chance of counteracting many of these dynamics, and restoring some much needed balance. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopen
- BrandoElFollito 1y ago
  I grew to appreciate AI patience. When coding in a new environment, I like to go fast and break things - this is how I learn best (this is not a good way in general, but works well for me in my amateur dev). I ask ChatGPT questions that would drive me crazy because they are a bit chaotic, a bit repetitive and give the impression of someone chaotic and slightly dumb (me, the asker, not the AI). I worry that with time people may start to interact with other people the same way and that would be atrocious.

perching_aix 1y ago

Maybe this is a generational difference, but I really don't like handwritten anything. Something being handwritten doesn't evoke anything inside me - if anything, it only brings frustration, since having to decipher someone's handwriting (especially mine) can be no mean feat. There are also countless examples of cards and such with blatantly printed-on signatures, and there are signature plotting machines (autopens [0]) that further make automated signatures impossible to tell apart. AI has already changed stuff. I have already seen several related examples of distasteful AI use in corporate settings. One example was management promising that feedback received during a townhall will be reviewed, only to then later proudly announce that they AI-summarized it. I'll readily admit that doing that is actually a very sensible use of AI, just maybe the messaging around it should have been a bit less out of touch. Another example was my coworker expressing his gratitude to the team, while simultaneously passing the milestone of producing more than 10 consecutive words of coherent English for the first time in his life. He was awfully proud of it too. And to finish it off, talking to real human beings on the internet is increasingly miserable by the day. Without going too far off into the weeds, let me give you a practical, older example. I've participated in a Discord server of a FOSS project, specifically in their support channels, for a couple years - walked away a very different person, with great appreciation for service workers. I'm sure the people coming there loved being able to torment, I mean ask help from, real human beings. By the end, this feeling was very much not reciprocated. I was not alone in this either of course, and the mask would fall off of people increasingly often. Those very real human beings looking for help were not too happy either, especially when said masks fell off. So it was mostly just miserable for everyone involved. AI can substitute in such situations very handily, and everyone is honestly plain better off. Having to explain the same thing over and over to varyingly difficult people is not something a lot of people are cut out for, but the need is ever present and expanding, and AI has zero problems with filling those shoes. It can provide people with the assistance they need and deserve. It can provide even those with that help that do not need it, nor deserve it. Everyone's happier. We've concocted a lot of inhuman(e) systems and social dynamics for ourselves over time. I have some skepticisms towards the future of AI myself, but it has a very legitimate chance of counteracting many of these dynamics, and restoring some much needed balance. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopen

BrandoElFollito 1y ago
I grew to appreciate AI patience. When coding in a new environment, I like to go fast and break things - this is how I learn best (this is not a good way in general, but works well for me in my amateur dev). I ask ChatGPT questions that would drive me crazy because they are a bit chaotic, a bit repetitive and give the impression of someone chaotic and slightly dumb (me, the asker, not the AI). I worry that with time people may start to interact with other people the same way and that would be atrocious.