Comment on AI in Australian workplaces: Michael used AI to write a work email. It ended up costing him $2000
CameronDev@programming.dev 1 week ago
Seems like a problem that doesn’t require AI. Just have an email template with all services, and delete the unnecessary ones. Shouldn’t take 5 hours.
tbh his use of AI is just plain weird, this is more a job of invoicing software which would already automate and speed up a lot of this stuff
but at the same time it just depends, can getting the response time from 5 hours down to 1 earn them more than taking longer but being more accurate, or even modifying the template so that it doesn’t modify line items and values just the writing around the items
Response time does not equal time to write an email.
True. I just assumed it was a significant part of the response time given they went to the effort of automating it. Still, like the other person said, a proper invoicing software should be the correct tool
shads@lemy.lol 1 week ago
Or if he absolutely has to have a 1 hour response time sounds like a hiring someone to do admin might be the best way to stay competitive.
Had a chat with my kids friends while dropping them at home, they were talking about a kid who got busted using ChatGPT for some schoolwork. When I jokingly asked one of them how he avoids getting caught he admitted he uses it for “first drafts” then rewrites the whole thing in “his own words”. A bit of drilling down and he admitted it takes him longer to write a short paper with ChatGPT but it’s easier because he doesn’t have to think of what to say, just how to change the words.
If he was being honest the irony of the dumb kid rewriting the idiot boxes responses so he doesn’t get caught is just… Getting the article off Wikipedia and doing the same thing would have a similar result… Only with less faffing around and environmental impact.
CameronDev@programming.dev 1 week ago
Thats really sad. That kid is learning to get good at the one thing ChatGPT excels at - rewriting words into a different form. Who is going to want to employ someone for that?!
I always felt that schools do a bad job of explaining why plagerism is bad. Its not just that its theft, the really damaging part is that it cheats the student out of their own education. A late or poorly written assignment is far better than a passing chatgpt written assignment, because its still involves learning.
shads@lemy.lol 1 week ago
Oh it’s tragic. The kid is headed for a life of middle management, like I said he may or may not have been being honest. But he goes to the expensive private school that I couldn’t afford to send one of my kids to, let alone both. He will make the right connections and be part of the right social circles that details like not understanding his achievements won’t really matter.
I’ve worked for that sort of guy across industries and business, they do fine.
Salvo@aussie.zone 6 days ago
They do fine for themselves but they are detrimental to the rest of the business.