Flowrite: Turn short lists of facts into well-written emails
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#2The fact that AI performs so well at "fluff" creation says far more about the lack of creativity shown by humans who usually create fluff than it does about the creativity of the AI.
Re: Flowrite: Turn short lists of facts into well-written emails
#3The fact that AI performs so well at "fluff" creation says far more about the lack of creativity shown by humans who usually create fluff than it does about the creativity of the AI.
why the fluff in the first place... I love short lists
Re: Flowrite: Turn short lists of facts into well-written emails
#4The fact that AI performs so well at "fluff" creation says far more about the lack of creativity shown by humans who usually create fluff than it does about the creativity of the AI.
I mean, I think such communication serves a purpose, how is it much different than boilerplate code?
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#5This is an interesting interface for a sophisticated machine learning model. The user input is a moderately structured prompt (a line-delimited list of facts) and the output is text crafted for a particular medium (email).
This could be extended to support output for other mediums, such as Blog posts or social media updates.
It does drive me slightly crazy that this system JUST INJECTS NOISE. You provide it with concise, readable information. It dilutes that information with additional words and scaffolds it over complex sentence structure. The resulting email has a flourish, but takes more effort to read. It's an inverse document summarizer!
Perhaps there are benefits to this. Sometimes you want to make your reader invest a bit of effort in your message. I believe that can improve information retention. The email is also a generally-accepted human API. People might be more receptive to information presented as a letter than as a list.
The biggest benefit is probably on the author's side. This forces you to actually think about what you want to say. The input is basically an outline!
Paradoxically, I think Flowrite could improve communication by making authors and readers do MORE cognitive work rather than less.
Re: Flowrite: Turn short lists of facts into well-written emails
#6The fact that AI performs so well at "fluff" creation says far more about the lack of creativity shown by humans who usually create fluff than it does about the creativity of the AI.
I mean, I think such communication serves a purpose, how is it much different than boilerplate code?
The example seems to indicate it could create issues.
It's conjuring, for example "after weeks of hard work" from thin air. There's nothing in the input to suggest that phrase makes contextual sense. Though perhaps the example isn't a real world one.
Re: Flowrite: Turn short lists of facts into well-written emails
#7Can it turn a well written email into a short list of facts? That seems more useful.
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#8Madlibs - now coming to a Series A fundraiser near you
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#9Maybe I'm weird, but I kinda prefer the original "short list of facts". In general I prefer email to be short and direct.
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#10Do they have a solution to the (seemingly intractable) problem of people who only read up to the first question in an email, respond to that, and ignore the rest?