General Discussion

Off the top of my head, I think about my partner. He immigrated here from the Phillipines in the 80s. So his English is totally fine with some tics of tense and things ("more betterer" ). He got a PharmD and has a good career.

However, sometimes he struggles with some of his work correspondence with the higher-ups and he'll come consult with me, "What do I want to say here? How should I say this?"

He's amazing over the phone and in person. I hear his meetings (we both WFH), and there are no issues of communication with the people he oversees. But sometimes those more "formal" e-mails where you're trying to strike a very specific professional tone. It's just not his thing. If AI could clean that up, reach for the words he's trying to conjure, and structure it in a way that is very clean, organized, and is expressing the thought as succinctly as he wants it expressed, I don't have an issue.

Like or not, we do judge people based on their writing skills. I get work-related e-mails where I have sat there and wondered if someone graduated from high school. Ostensibly college educated people. It does leave an impression. It can kind of say, "I don't care enough about my job or you to even make the attempt."

So, I'm not sure I'd be bothered. As long as what's being communicated is the accurate, useful information that's required. You might get less of a sense of a person's personality, but if it's work. Eh. I get enough personality at company parties. I don't need JoAnn's bubbly missives about what an exciting Thursday it is when I'm trying to figure out if a spreadsheet has been done correctly.