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fescuerescue

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11. I've already started using it for this purpose

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Feb 10, 2023, 12:15 PM

Feb 2023

Not 20 minutes ago I had it write up the agenda for a meeting I'm hosting next week at work.

My boss gave me a list of things to achieve. I took his email and pasted it into CHATGPT and it gave me 95% of what I needed.

I think this educator panic over AI is kinda like the math teacher calculator crisis of 1973.

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Would you use AI to write for you? Would you want to deal with people who use it that way? [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2023 OP

This is like saying "Would you use google to do research on a topic?" lapfog_1 Feb 2023 #1

No. Not the same thing at all. Writing, like speech, is communication. highplainsdem Feb 2023 #2

Google is an Encyclopedia. Yavin4 Feb 2023 #24

Ai is only going to get better and I assume in the future Johonny Feb 2023 #3

How would you feel about AI writing novels if you'd ever been paid well for your highplainsdem Feb 2023 #5

I mean, you can see the future Johonny Feb 2023 #6

We don't have to accept that future. Just as we don't accept highplainsdem Feb 2023 #10

How do you know you're not arguing with an AI bot on the internet right now Johonny Feb 2023 #17

Most people argue like bots already. fescuerescue Feb 2023 #19

No. I am not fine with AI generated writings, however Freethinker65 Feb 2023 #4

In all of those, you'll be losing the personality of the writer and highplainsdem Feb 2023 #7

I think using AI as an editor for non-professionals is probably ok with limitations. Freethinker65 Feb 2023 #27

Hallie Jackson read a news article about AI, written by AI, on her show this week. CrispyQ Feb 2023 #8

The thing is, they won't tell people it was AI-generated. Not if they're highplainsdem Feb 2023 #15

Amazon reviews already are falsified, think what this means for that! Pobeka Feb 2023 #9

Crap. Hadn't even thought about that. And there are probably already highplainsdem Feb 2023 #23

I've already started using it for this purpose fescuerescue Feb 2023 #11

If writing agendas, or anything else, based on your boss's suggestions is highplainsdem Feb 2023 #12

That part of the job yes fescuerescue Feb 2023 #14

I wish I'd had something like this in my previous job NotASurfer Feb 2023 #26

would you eliminate spell check and cut and paste as well? dembotoz Feb 2023 #13

You're talking about tools to put words on paper, or publish them or transmit highplainsdem Feb 2023 #18

No doubt it would improve my writing, but... old as dirt Feb 2023 #16

I don't need anyone or anything to write for me. Solly Mack Feb 2023 #20

Hey, even the best writers in the world can sometimes be helped highplainsdem Feb 2023 #21

Absolutely. Solly Mack Feb 2023 #25

I wonder how this is going to affect keystroke logging technology. nt crickets Feb 2023 #22

I wouldn't mind it depending on circumstance Sympthsical Feb 2023 #28

Writing takes time. I like saving it. So, perhaps for a first pass that I later edit. tinrobot Feb 2023 #29

Would it include derogatory language? LiberalFighter Feb 2023 #30

I wouldn't want to deal with someone who was passing the AI work as their own ripcord Feb 2023 #31

The Future of AI, by ChatGPT old as dirt Feb 2023 #32