Changed my mind about AI writing tools after a conference demo in Chicago

I went to a local tech meetup last month thinking AI writing helpers were just for lazy students or clickbait articles. A developer showed me how his team used one to draft patient education materials at a hospital here in Chicago. They fed it medical guidelines and it produced clear handouts in under a minute, cutting their workload by 30 percent. That made me realize these tools can actually help people who need clear communication fast, not just replace human effort. Has anyone else seen a practical use case that shifted your view on AI?

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ray_sullivan10d ago

Isn't that something, seeing how it can actually lighten a real workload?

jenny19810d ago

Depends on what you mean by "lighten." I've seen plenty of tools that claim to save time but just end up creating more busywork fixing their mistakes. My buddy tried one of those AI scheduling things for his landscaping crew and it kept booking jobs at overlapping times, took him twice as long to sort it out. Unless it's doing something brain-dead simple like sorting spreadsheets, I'm not convinced most of this stuff is actually pulling its weight.

barbara_jenkins669d ago

Old coworker of mine tried one of those automated email reply things for customer service. It kept sending "we look forward to your feedback" to people complaining their shipment got lost in the rain. That went over about as well as a screen door on a submarine.