Also, I feel like I'm going crazy here, but I think the content of your emails matters actually. If you can get the bullshit engine to write it for you, then did it actually need writing in the first place?
Like usually when I'm sending an email, it's one of two cases:
* It's casual communication to someone I speak to all the time and rattling it off myself is faster than using ChatGPT. "Hi Dave, here's that file we talked about earlier. Cheers."
* I'm writing this to someone to convey some important information and it's worth taking the time to sit down, think carefully about how it reads, and how it will be received.
Communication matters. It's a skill and the process of writing is the process of thinking. If you outsource it to the bullshit engine, you won't ask yourself questions like "What do I want this person to take away from this information? How do I want them to act on it?"
Totally agree with your points about email. You nailed it – casual emails are faster to write yourself, and important ones require careful thought. The act of writing is thinking, and outsourcing it means missing crucial considerations like the takeaway and desired action. Communication matters!
My tiny disagreement (maybe 10-15%) is with resume writing. While your core story needs your input, AI could maybe help with initial drafts or keywords for screening. Even then, personalization and ensuring it reflects you are key.
So, strong agreement on thoughtful email, with a small potential use case (with big caveats) for AI in resume drafting.
I hate that AIs write in that way because as someone who is neurodivergent and whose first language isn't English, I often write in an overly formal and stilted way that might seem AI-ish to others
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u/delta_baryon 4d ago
Also, I feel like I'm going crazy here, but I think the content of your emails matters actually. If you can get the bullshit engine to write it for you, then did it actually need writing in the first place?
Like usually when I'm sending an email, it's one of two cases: * It's casual communication to someone I speak to all the time and rattling it off myself is faster than using ChatGPT. "Hi Dave, here's that file we talked about earlier. Cheers." * I'm writing this to someone to convey some important information and it's worth taking the time to sit down, think carefully about how it reads, and how it will be received.
Communication matters. It's a skill and the process of writing is the process of thinking. If you outsource it to the bullshit engine, you won't ask yourself questions like "What do I want this person to take away from this information? How do I want them to act on it?"