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by patates 12 days ago
Usually my back and forth with the llm is much longer than the result. Add the skills, the context, access to my calendar... I'd probably need to send a zip file instead of 1 short paragraph of text. Maybe letting agents representing people, with access to non public information will be secure in the future. For now, that part is manual. I need to control information on the way out.

You probably should find it insulting when someone obviously didn't take the time needed to form a proper response. Prompting "write something apologetic and kind for not attending their wedding" and sending the response is not okay. Like this example, it's easy to recognize when being a human counts, we should also be able to justify automating stuff when it really is just boring information exchange.

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Do you really need the agents, skills and them having access to your calendar, plus multiple back and forth, to create an email about scheduling something - and anyway you will have to check it manually?
Yes because it's not a single calendar, and I sometimes need to be reminded of potential plans (not saved on a calendar), history with that specific person ("oh I already made a demo to this person 2 years ago and from my notes, it seems that I didn't get a lot of feedback, perhaps prioritize someone else?"), and other context. I offer the LLM context, and I in return get a distilled context from which it's easier to make decisions.

Writing important emails used to be a 1-2 hour occasion, nowadays only 15 minutes, but surely not 10 seconds.