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[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 year ago

Are people really using GPT to turn brief emails into paragraphs of waffle?

[-] Pechente@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago

Some people, sure. It’s usually more something like “rewrite my (casually written) text to sound like a professional email” and ChatGPT is gonna add all the business lingo fluff.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

What a terrible way to waste everyone's time.

[-] Pechente@feddit.de 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah but seems more of a cultural issue than ChatGPT's issue if businesses expect emails to have a certain form.

[-] oldGregg@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

The recipiant just copies the message intp chatGPT and asks it for the summary.

Its like a shitty cypher

[-] gogosempai@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago

What's becoming mainstream these days:

Sender uses ChatGPT/Copilot/Bard to turn content summary into a big professional Email.

Receiver uses ChatGPT/Copilot/Bard to break down the big professional email into summary.

Time is saved but what a wastage of electricity (LLMs need GPU computation for faster output)!

[-] jscummy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Is time saved though? Sounds like two useless steps have been added, with an extra layer of translation that could cause misunderstandings

[-] Ataraxia@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I've used it to cut my emails down. I am way too verbose.

[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I am waiting for a corp account so I can do this. We aren't supposed to use the personal account at this time.

[-] redballooon@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I use it to rewrite my rants as formal letters to our landlord.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I use it to do the opposite, reduce my word count, and change the tone to helpful instead of frustrated and angry.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 year ago

Probably.

I've seen a lot of junior staff who don't know proper email etiquette put a lot of formality into their emails. It isn't a stretch to get an AI to add it for you.

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