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by watwut 61 days ago
> So the things to do are either fix the problem or figure out how to work with the broken thing.

So, I will say that if you did not seen or read a text in question, there is no way for you to accurately diagnose issues with the text and give out advice on how to make it better. Such advice from someone who simply assumes the way the text was wrong based on some manager rewriting it with ai is less then useless.

It is, frankly, ridiculous to think one can give meaningful advice about text you have never seen. And then double down in comments.
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sokka_h2otribe 60 days ago
It's not based on writing they didn't read...

The feedback is to the author of the post complaining (understandably) about their manager using AI and destroying the carefully written document.

That post alone is plenty to give feedback on absolutism and the nuances of existing in the world with mostly neurotypical people. [My interpretation of the feedback]

We dont care about the manager, they don't matter. This is not "defending" or "justifying" the manager, in case you see it that way.

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godelski 60 days ago 

  > It is, frankly, ridiculous to think one can give meaningful advice about text you have never seen. And then double down in comments.
I'm not the manager, there's no doubling down.

As for answering the question, you're right and wrong. You're right that I don't have enough information to give specific and nuanced suggestions. Like you said, I didn't see the original doc nor the AI rewritten one. I only have OP's comment. But you're wrong because I do have enough information to write the advice that I did. The advice is still broad because that's all that I can give with the information I have, but that doesn't mean it is useless.

You accuse me of not reading, but I'd encourage you to read my comment again. I explicitly stated that I am not advocating for what the manager did. I explicitly stated that I think it was wrong to do. But we're trying to solve problems, right? I took OP's comment as a legitimate request for help. Maybe they were just complaining and wanted someone to validate them. But hey, they posted in public and so are going to get a wide range of interpretations. That can be helpful, but may not be what was intended.

So either we try to respond to each other in good faith, acting as if everyone here is not acting maliciously, and trying to do their best, or we fight. I'm sorry, but that's what the situation is. If you just want to poke problems with things, then you're not helping. There are issues and limitations, and you're more than welcome to point them out but don't treat the setting like we're enemies. We're not. If you can't figure out how to critique while being collaborative then you aren't going to work well with others. And who knows how effective what I've said is. All I have to respond is your one comment that feels out of place to me. IDK if it's an off day for you, you didn't read right, I wrote wrong, or one of a million other things. But I'm trying to work with others (including you), are you trying to work with us?

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