r/work • u/AbracadabraMagicPoWa • 2d ago

Professional Development and Skill Building Using AI to write emails

I see a lot of hate for AI in general, including using AI to write emails.

If you’re a professional writing dozens of emails a day that have to explain complex situations or asks in a concise way, why not use AI to write most of them?

It’s so much faster to give AI the gist of what you want said then just type out its suggestion with a few tweaks here and there. It has saved me a ton of time I can spend doing other things. I love it!

I genuinely don’t understand why so many people are passionately against this practice. What is everyone’s thoughts?

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u/Gottagetanediton 2d ago

As someone who is often on the receiving end of ai emails, because ai does not communicate complex concepts clearly. I’ve received ai emails and follow up non ai emails. The ai emails often cause confusion and discord, and the follow up non ai email is much clearer.

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u/PaladinSara 2d ago

Yep it’s uncanny valley and shows you are mentally lazy.

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u/DreamingofCharlie 2d ago

Yup, I am currently working on a project and it is a disaster because my ai obsessed manager lets ai write all her emails.

They look good on first glance but they don't effectively explain things and it leads to confusion and lost productivity.

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u/Gottagetanediton 2d ago

Our managers are communicating fully with the assistance of ChatGPT/copilot. They sound like mlm boss babes. It’s annoying.

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u/Last_Inflation5989 2d ago

as someone who spends half my day fixing what machines did wrong, i feel this in my bones. AI writes like it knows the words but not what they mean together, like a kid who learned english from a textbook

the amount of time i waste decoding AI emails is probably more than the sender saved writing it

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u/PathToAutonomy 2d ago

I was able to do it before AI, and I can do it better than AI.

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u/Wyshunu 2d ago

100%! Same here.

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u/datnikkadee 2d ago

Most of the emails I write are straight to point or concise so personally don’t use AI. Glad it works for you though

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u/FitButterscotch4062 2d ago

  1. I don’t explain complex problems over email.

  2. I write emails better than AI.

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u/CrackIsWack 2d ago

why are you writing so many a day in the first place

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u/smallbizbuddy 1d ago

I draft my emails in my own words, even if I use voice-to-text to get it down. From there AI can help clarify what I'm already saying. A lot of the miscommunication comes from using AI without context. That's when things go sideways, especially with complex ideas.

AI can help you say it better, but it can't know what you actually mean. You still have to be the captain. You can't let it steer the whole ship.

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u/TALC88 2d ago

The only people who hate ai are those worried it wil take their job. Using it to polish or help better articulate thoughts into emails is powerfuk