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If you can't even make a buck torching the planet so people don't have to write their own emails, how do you live? angery

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[-] peppersky@hexbear.net 17 points 6 months ago

I sure wish I didn't have to write my own emails

[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 29 points 6 months ago

What you think you need: AI to write emails for you
What you actually need: a return to the slower pace and more literary style of the 19th century so you have more opportunities to express yourself creatively: "Dear Sir: It pains me to inform you that the instructions that you have provided for my calculating machine are producing erroneous projections. For my business to proceed as planned, I must have a remedy posthaste."

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 20 points 6 months ago

Nah what we actually need is to break away from established social conventions that do nothing but waste time. Emails, but see also resumes and cover letters.

[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago

Emails still have some function unless the game plan is to just do everything through text messages.

I'll be first in line to drive a stake through the heart of the cover letter, though.

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago

Specifically work emails where there's this weird standard of formality. My work started using Slack and while obviously it's still not great, it's viewed much more casually.

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago

I don’t like Slack for pretty nitpicky reasons but getting rid of the weird email standard of formality is probably the biggest upside

[-] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago

Yea I'm starting to develop a rule of thumb where if AI can totally replace something, it probably wasn't that important to begin with

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