AI - a lifesaver for me at work

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2-16-25, 3:26pm
Tradd

AI - a lifesaver for me at work

I've not felt the need to really use AI, until now. I don't need the writing help. I've only used Apple Intelligence (Siri sending to ChatGPT) on my iPhone a few times for fun. But the 20-30 page government publications (executive orders and Federal Register notices) about all the tariff stuff have sent me over the edge. I just put the 20-30 page Federal Register PDFs for both the steel and aluminum duty increases into ChatGPT and in about 10 seconds for each I have a good summary I can send to customers. I checked - it is correct. I had to read both documents on Friday. This will save so much time.
2-16-25, 3:34pm
iris lilies

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Originally Posted by Tradd

I've not felt the need to really use AI, until now. I don't need the writing help. I've only used Apple Intelligence (Siri sending to ChatGPT) on my iPhone a few times for fun. But the 20-30 page government publications (executive orders and Federal Register notices) about all the tariff stuff have sent me over the edge. I just put the 20-30 page Federal Register PDFs for both the steel and aluminum duty increases into ChatGPT and in about 10 seconds for each I have a good summary I can send to customers. I checked - it is correct. I had to read both documents on Friday. This will save so much time.

that’s a great report. I’m interested to know how people I know are actively using ChatGpt.
2-16-25, 4:04pm
bae

I have fed one of the large language models ~40 years of my own writing (I am a data packrat), to train it. It is now pretty darned good at letting me feed it a set of bullet points and an outline for a letter or short report, and producing for me a passable first draft, in what looks similar to my own writing voice. It is a timesaver. I also sometimes use it to simplify something I’ve written, or to reduce it to a specified reading level.

I used to do this for handling routine emails from 1985 to 2000, using a pile of LISP code I wrote to do so, running inside of EMACS. The new tools work much better than my old pile of code.

In my workplace, we are starting to use a specialized AI to redact documents to fulfill public records requests - it is cheaper and more accurate, so far, than having our staff and lawyers do the work,. It still requires a final once-over by a human. My lawyer friends tell me they are starting to use AI for some legal research, and the drafting of routine documents that a paralegal might have once done.
2-16-25, 4:21pm
pinkytoe

I've been using ChatGPT to make native seed germination charts. So far, it seems to have the correct info.
2-16-25, 5:39pm
KayLR

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I've been using ChatGPT to make native seed germination charts. So far, it seems to have the correct info.

I'm interested to know a bit more about that, pinkytoe. Did you give it the seed names, and what other info?
2-17-25, 11:40am
ToomuchStuff

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Originally Posted by bae

In my workplace, we are starting to use a specialized AI to redact documents to fulfill public records requests - it is cheaper and more accurate, so far, than having our staff and lawyers do the work,. It still requires a final once-over by a human. My lawyer friends tell me they are starting to use AI for some legal research, and the drafting of routine documents that a paralegal might have once done.

I actually watched a lawyer on Youtube, go over some of the AI stuff built into MS office now. Lawyers are worried about AI not being able to have the separation wall between cases. (know something from one client, another client doesn 't have access to, but it would effect their case)
https://youtu.be/W9X6yMwmMpE?si=6AVh8hwEDYv9gQuH
2-17-25, 11:41am
Tybee

I have also been wondering about this in my field, Academics, as possible FERPA violations.
2-17-25, 5:30pm
pinkytoe

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Did you give it the seed names

I started with a list of twelve plant seeds and our average last freeze date. Asked for general germination info in a chart form, ie how long to stratify etc. Fun to try different ways of asking for that info.