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We probably never sent as many emails as we do today, and there are bigger priorities. Wanna blame someone, blame the overly pompous corporate world.
Well I can't wait for AI to write an email for a coworker that's full of misinformation. I can't wait to waste my time with that!
You still have to double check for mistakes. But even that takes less time than writing a 3-4 sentences semi-formal email from scratch.
In any case, your emails aren't safe either, mate. Even if you don't use AI, the person on the other side most likely will and your emails will be scanned just the same. Nobody is safe. Which is why this Thunderbird feature doesn't excite me in the least.
Please signature the email with “Sincerely, and ”. Otherwise people get very suspicious when they meet you in persona and you come along differently than in your email.
You absolutely do not need AI in order to sound different in one context versus another. I mean, I highly doubt most people on Lemmy speak to their bosses in the exact way that they write their comments here.
Hell, I'd be surprised if they spoke to their friends and family the same way all the time (yes, I'm aware that you can generally be more lax around friends - but there's a time and place for it, whereas comments on message boards tend to just be lax all the time).
That very concept has been around far longer than "AI" has.