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Aug 11

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 08:55
Član (2007)
engleski na portugalski
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Not at all! Aug 11

I don't rely on AI at all! I rely much more on the cognitive capacity of my own brain... Should I add that throughout my 40-year career, I have communicated successfully with my clients without the help of AI?

[Edited at 2026-08-11 11:39 GMT]

Claudio Machado Junior
Susanna Martoni
Josephine Cassar
Jennifer Levey
Yaotl Altan
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
The Shredder
 
Lieven Malaise
Lieven Malaise  Identity Verified
Belgija
Local time: 09:55
Član (2020)
francuski na nizozemski
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Not at all Aug 11

I don't rely on it at all for those purposes and I think it's a bad idea to do so. I'm never impressed by a slick AI text from someone I know doesn't master the language very well. Pure AI is actually terrible to read and until this day very recognizable.

Claudio Machado Junior
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Susanna Martoni
Zea_Mays
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Philip Lees
Ester Vidal
 
Claudio Machado Junior
Claudio Machado Junior  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 04:55
Član (2014)
engleski na portugalski
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Not at all! Aug 11

I don't rely on it at all. AI is terrible for this kind of task.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Susanna Martoni
Zea_Mays
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Maria Laura Curzi
Cristina Heraud-van Tol
Anna Sarah Krämer
 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Njemačka
Local time: 09:55
Član (2009)
engleski na njemački
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Not at all Aug 11

The checking of AI produced text is, in my opinion, the same as MTPE. So thank you, but no thank you.

As recent events have proven, AI can become extremely dangerous to companies, governments, to all of us. Consequently, I stay as far away from it as I (still) can.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Claudio Machado Junior
Maria Laura Curzi
Elaine Ruby
Michael Newton
Daryo
ibz
 
Philip Lees
Philip Lees  Identity Verified
Grčka
Local time: 10:55
grčki na engleski
Pun Aug 12

I find AI - specifically ChatGPT - very helpful for research, but I would never use it for personal communication.

Apart from anything else, it's terrible at puns - doesn't get them at all.

And it still hasn't realised that explaining a joke in detail makes it less funny, not more.

Ana Martins
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Thayenga
Angie Garbarino
 
Samuel Murray
Samuel Murray  Identity Verified
Nizozemska
Local time: 09:55
Član (2006)
engleski na afrikaans
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Sometimes Aug 12

Dutch is my third language. Sometimes when I need to write a long email in Dutch, I would write it in English and let ChatGPT translate it, but I would always check the output and I often make edits to it before I send the mail. Or if I write an email manually in Dutch, I'd ask ChatGPT to spell/grammar check it, but I don't always accept all of its suggestions. (For this reason my Dutch emails tend to contain non-native flavour, which is fine by me.)

However, I don't use AI to *wr... See more
Dutch is my third language. Sometimes when I need to write a long email in Dutch, I would write it in English and let ChatGPT translate it, but I would always check the output and I often make edits to it before I send the mail. Or if I write an email manually in Dutch, I'd ask ChatGPT to spell/grammar check it, but I don't always accept all of its suggestions. (For this reason my Dutch emails tend to contain non-native flavour, which is fine by me.)

However, I don't use AI to *write* my mails or forum posts.

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Claudio Machado Junior
 
Cristina Heraud-van Tol
Cristina Heraud-van Tol  Identity Verified
Peru
Local time: 02:55
Član (2005)
engleski
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Not at all Aug 12

Nothing like you writing like you.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Laura Curzi
Anna Sarah Krämer
Daryo
 


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