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A Quiet AI Revolution in the Workplace (Financial Times, Sam Joiner)www.ft.com/content/814eee2a-329c-423a-824d-de98aae2886d
755 sats \ 5 comments \ @denlillaapan 11 Feb econ

Crazy pearl-clutching here:

Apparently, people use AI in their work! gasp I'm shocked. Appalled, really.

People interviewed by the FT imply that they use ChatGPT and other such software to, like, write work emails and summaries. Crazy.

Most media organisations, including the FT, have policies stating that journalism cannot be created by AI. But what about communication with colleagues? Is it OK to use generative AI to draft an email to a manager asking for a pay rise, or to write a team member’s performance review?
Does it matter if a birthday note is penned by AI, or is it still the thought that counts? Is a world where chatbots assist those who struggle to turn thoughts into words better than one where less is written, or is the erosion of personal voice something we should guard against?

Also love the subhead: "Lawyers, bankers and many other professionals are now using chatbots to communicate, some without company oversight." What, there's no oversight?! Unbelievable. "without permission!"

Ah, man. Not at all sure what to make of this... Yes—and? (basically)

non-paywalled here: https://archive.md/VS37a

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57 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 11 Feb

As an English teacher, I have no qualms about outsourcing suitable tasks to various AI tools so that I have more time for the work that matters most to me.

In the same vein, Brisk is really good at churning out PPT slides: I fell in love with Brisk Teaching. Beautiful functional slides in 5 mins

https://diaperfinancingfund.blogspot.com/2024/09/make-ppt-slides-like-boss.html?m=1

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27 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 11 Feb

I don't understand it when people say they use AI to write emails. Are they not capable of writing emails? Seems like one of the easier tasks at work.

I posted this on another topic, #882247 but may as well reproduce here:

I've been using ChatGPT much more aggressively lately as a tool to help me do various work-related things, and it accelerates my productivity enormously. Some types of things it's been able to help me out with... things that would've taken me hours to do successfully, if at all:
  • "Find me the legal basis for this action..." --> correctly found the legal basis, complete with document and section (verified)
  • "Explain this code snippet..." --> explains in a way that I could understand, helped me understand the codebase way more quickly than parsing myself...
  • "Find a quote where this person made a comment to this effect..." --> found a news article with the direct quotation. No more hallucinating quotes; this is what I needed to strengthen a presentation I was making
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18 sats \ 1 reply \ @jgbtc 11 Feb

FT = FUD Times

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 11 Feb

Haha yea pretty much

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18 sats \ 0 replies \ @Shugard 11 Feb

If the Overlord is not knowing what the peasants are doing how can they do the right thing?

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