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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (38 children)

Yeah, kinda makes you wonder as to why proton is adding A.I. features though.

[–] mholiv 50 points 1 month ago (32 children)

I think it might be because AI (aka LLMs) is genuinely useful when used properly.

I use AI all the time to write emails. I give the LLM the email thread along with instructions like “I can’t make it Tuesday ask if they can do Wednesday at 2pm”

The AI will write out an email that’s polite and relevant in context. Totally worth it.

I think the problem is people/companies trying to shove LLMs where they don’t make sense.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

I am not a fan of this. I see it all the time at work and it's very obvious when someone has chatGPT write an email for them (it's always such a sterile and yet overcomplicated writing style). If it's a direct email to me, I tend to feel insulted that they couldn't be bothered to write those 4 paragraphs themselves - it would have taken them 2 mins. There is a definite human disconnect going on in society at the moment, and its worrying.

[–] automator404 -1 points 1 month ago

Agreed. People are so bad at writing that they struggle to put a few sentences together for an email. Even their prompts lack clear instructions /message. It's astounding when you think about it for a minute.

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