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I would never use AI for something where I need my own voice, say a blog post or a personal letter. But I'm not ashamed to say that I used it last week in a ch
by mjd 4mo ago
I would never use AI for something where I need my own voice, say a blog post or a personal letter.
But I'm not ashamed to say that I used it last week in a chat conversation with a recruiter to turn this:
1. I just said I'm hard of hearing and prefer text.
2. If it's only two minutes you can darn well send email.
into this:
As I mentioned, I'm hard of hearing and phone calls are difficult for me —
I find I miss things and it's frustrating for both sides. If it's just a
couple of minutes' worth of information, an email works great and I can
give you a thoughtful response. Happy to go from there!
I'm not ashamed, I think I'm right, and I'll do it again. This recruiter didn't deserve my authentic voice or my personal toil, not for this task.
If it makes James Bach think I'm a liar, that's a price I'm willing to pay.
- eloisius 4mo agoWhat was the value-add of AI here? Some modicum of undeserved politeness instead of the curt bullet points you prompted with? Or an intentional “fuck you” by sending something sloppy with AI tells?
- Freak_NL 4mo agoIt definitely reads as a 'fuck you' to me. Is there a group of people that responds well to that last sentence?
- mjd 4mo agoPerhaps I'm wrong, but yes, I believe there is. Your own personal preferences are not universal.
- mjd 4mo agoYour use of the phrase “undeserved politeness” suggests to me that maybe you aren't someone I should look to for advice on how to behave.
- eloisius 4mo agoThat's probably true, but to be clear, I'm not communicating my own values here. I'm trying to understand your rationale. >This recruiter didn't deserve my authentic voice or my personal toil Yet they deserve inauthentic politeness from a chatbot? It just sounds like "fuck you" with more steps.
- mjd 4mo agoNot from the chatbot. From me. I'm the one who sent the message. And it wasn't inauthentic. I wanted to be polite and inoffensive, but I didn't know how.
- iLoveOncall 4mo agoYou need AI to write 2 sentences?
- mjd 4mo agoTwo sentences in recruiter register, yes. I'm really bad at it and I do need help.
- iLoveOncall 4mo agoSo maybe a call is in fact better than an email?
- mjd 4mo agoAs I mentioned, I'm hard of hearing and phone calls are difficult for me.
- cyclopeanutopia 4mo ago[flagged]
- satisfice 4mo agoIt’s not that you are a liar, it’s that I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you are. Not just me, but also many other people will automatically discount whatever you say when they suspect they are talking to something not-you that bears your name. Maybe it’s not your goal to be seriously? But if it is…