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   BrianKrebs (briankrebs@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 05:20:31 JST BrianKrebs

   I've started noticing the emails I get from readers via the contact form on my site are getting longer, and I have a sneaking suspicion it's because so many people are feeding their messages into ChatGPT or whatever before sending. Happily, they often still begin with "Dear Sir," "Kindly..." or "Greetings of the day." I really don't know who talks like that, or how this became so common, but it still cracks me up every time.

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     BrianKrebs (briankrebs@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 05:20:30 JST BrianKrebs

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     • Venya

     @venya Because most people can't write, and have extremely low levels of literacy?

     Ethan Black repeated this.
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     Venya (venya@musicians.today)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 05:20:30 JST Venya

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     @briankrebs

     This is sad. And probably more true than I want to think about.

     But if a person can't be bothered to create a thing, why should a person be bothered to enjoy it?

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     Venya (venya@musicians.today)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 05:20:31 JST Venya

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     @briankrebs

     I don't understand why someone would want computers to do their correspondence.

     I invested a great deal of time and energy into writing a thank you email to someone whose work had a substantial impact on my post-Army career arc. They responded with an AI-generated slop email. It was one of the most discouraging things I've ever received.

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     Ethan Black (golemwire@social.librem.one)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 05:29:35 JST Ethan Black

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     • The Dubster

     @thedubster @briankrebs Not a place you wanted to make a typo 😅

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     The Dubster (thedubster@ohai.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 05:29:37 JST The Dubster

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     @briankrebs I think they call that stupidification of humankind.