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Like so many things in life, it's about how you use the tool, not about the tool itself.
I have an employee who uses AI to write regularly, despite vehemently denying using it. An em dash is a key to me that they used AI to write something (and bullet points to some extent). At the end of the day, I really don't care if someone uses AI to smooth out their writing or help organize thoughts. This employee though, will come up with a document or letter that sounds great and is well composed, but fails to address what they actually are supposed to be writing about.
I don't care if you use AI, just use it as a tool to help you do your job instead of having it do your job for you.
Exactly. At the end of the day it is the human behind the computer that clicks send/post. Use AI all you want, just proof read the the stuff before publishing it. Some people don't have a great vocabulary, and in some respect using AI can help to grow their vocabulary. Just don't publish things you wouldn't normally say, especially things you don't fully understand.
I've used AI intermittently to draft emails when time poor. It's much faster to give ChatGPT a sloppy prompt with the gist of the message for it to then instantly spit out a full draft. The responsible thing to do then is to proof read it and make changes that make it more "you". I think that's fine.