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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, we’ve noticed. Not that Europe is far behind I fear.

Literacy is definitely declining; people just don’t have the attention spans they used to. Between Twitter, TikTok and other brain rot, reading a book or simply a longer text just isn’t something a lot of people do.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I've noticed that, when confronted with longer text, many people just use an LLM to summarize it now.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Ugh, I’m sure to hate that.

    Google recently put Gemini in gmail, which lets you one-click summarise an e-mail.

    Most e-mails I get and send aren’t nearly long enough for them to need a summary. And if I send a long e-mail, it’s for a good fucking reason: it contains essential information.

    I should probably build in some check - like a really random sentence to confuse an LLM - to make sure the recipient actually reads it.

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