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Automate emotional labor in Gmail messages
- DanAndersen 12y agoReminds me of the book "Avogadro Corp: The Singularity is Closer than it Appears" [0], in which (spoiler alert): - a-company-that-is-totally-not-Google is developing a tool for an-email-service-that-is-totally-not-Gmail, which can rewrite emails with the goal of maximizing the chance of a desired outcome happening (automatically added mentions of family when requesting time off from a boss who prioritizes family, etc) - the project is in danger of being canceled, so a developer changes the code to prioritize rewriting internal company emails with the goal of maximizing the survival of the project - you can guess what happens next :) [0] http://avogadrocorp.com/ http://avogadrocorp.com/
- RankingMember 12y agoYikes, the example just added a bunch of exclamation points and the word "lovey" for the most part. Flip this on to immediately alienate someone who thought they knew your writing style. Novel concept, but I think this is one of those things that's more a showpiece than something you'd actually want to use.
- fishnchips 12y agoI would love to see an opposite too where all the fluff is removed and only hard data remains. If nothing remains you get a kitten gif instead.
- xasos 12y agoI wish the after part of the gif showed a bit longer. Or a side-by-side with the before would be nice.
- gress 12y agoThe 'before' text looks emotionally labored as it is!
- moioci 12y agoSurely this is tongue in cheek. It substitutes "that's lovely" and "lol" for "work" in different places, producing nonsense.