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Computers read my code, so I don't mind upsetting their feelings. But why would anyone use AI to write documents or articles? Do you really respect your recipi

Computers read my code, so I don't mind upsetting their feelings. But why would anyone use AI to write documents or articles? Do you really respect your recipients so little that you can't be bothered to share your own thoughts? I might as well get an AI to call my own mother on mother's day.

mjfisher 5mo ago
I think the specific case of having a long conversation with an agent about what you're trying to achieve and why, and then have it update a README or a skill based on that conversation is a useful thing to do. Captured the context of the conversation without having to essentially write the same thing again.
crimsontech 5mo ago
> Do you really respect your recipients so little that you can't be bothered to share your own thoughts? > I might as well get an AI to call my own mother on mother's day. One of the first copilot adverts I saw had a woman using it to write a speech for her daughters graduation, with speaker prompts instructing the woman to look at her daughter at one point in the speech. Such a personal and important moment in both their lives, I was shocked that they even put it out and thought it was OK. What next? "Too busy negotiating a critical business deal to attend the birth of your first child? Have copilot attend and email you a summary of it later." Found the video: https://youtu.be/ebls5x-gb0s?t=224 https://youtu.be/ebls5x-gb0s?t=224
conradludgate 5mo ago
Hi, I do this at work. It's not a one-shot prompt. I'm chatting with the agent for a while collecting knowledge and forming a substantive set of documentation or references. This takes a lot of time and effort to collect. After this, I just get the agent to refine a doc for humans to read. I'm not very good at writing for humans, and it takes me far too much time that I usually give up and move onto other more important things instead. So it benefits everyone that I have vetted a set of documents in my expertise domain and shared them, even if not written by me they contain my ideas.

mjfisher 5mo ago

I think the specific case of having a long conversation with an agent about what you're trying to achieve and why, and then have it update a README or a skill based on that conversation is a useful thing to do. Captured the context of the conversation without having to essentially write the same thing again.

crimsontech 5mo ago

> Do you really respect your recipients so little that you can't be bothered to share your own thoughts? > I might as well get an AI to call my own mother on mother's day. One of the first copilot adverts I saw had a woman using it to write a speech for her daughters graduation, with speaker prompts instructing the woman to look at her daughter at one point in the speech. Such a personal and important moment in both their lives, I was shocked that they even put it out and thought it was OK. What next? "Too busy negotiating a critical business deal to attend the birth of your first child? Have copilot attend and email you a summary of it later." Found the video: https://youtu.be/ebls5x-gb0s?t=224 https://youtu.be/ebls5x-gb0s?t=224

conradludgate 5mo ago

Hi, I do this at work. It's not a one-shot prompt. I'm chatting with the agent for a while collecting knowledge and forming a substantive set of documentation or references. This takes a lot of time and effort to collect. After this, I just get the agent to refine a doc for humans to read. I'm not very good at writing for humans, and it takes me far too much time that I usually give up and move onto other more important things instead. So it benefits everyone that I have vetted a set of documents in my expertise domain and shared them, even if not written by me they contain my ideas.