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[–] Carrick1973 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I agree. I actually think it's a net negative as well for friendships. As in the case of OP, I would rather get an original email from the sender saying they couldn't make it, so let's meet the next day, but instead I have to read thru several paragraphs of boilerplate and AI crap instead, which wastes my time, and I know the sender did it, so I'm mad at them for being impersonal. At some point, we're just going to have people's AI responding to each other without any person actually reading it.

We're only doing this because every company doesn't want to be left behind so they go all in. It feels like Ian Malcolm said it best in Jurassic Park

"Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In bureaucratic situations, you’re expected to have a bunch of polite boilerplate. Or at least that’s how my dad keeps telling me to write emails.

[–] Serinus 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Which it seems you're missing the point of.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Serinus 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's a purpose in showing that you put a little bit of thought into the email, not only for courtesy, but also because spending that attention can help you spot errors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Then why not just spend more time reading what I wrote out loud instead of spending that time solely on padding?