Mari, a TikTok user, decided to go to the AI chatbot ChatGPT for assistance in writing a formal letter to her boss regarding her resignation. She wanted ChatGPT to help her be professional and courteous with her notice and the AI-generated letter started by addressing her gratitude towards her boss for the opportunity she had and her regret that she wouldn’t be able to prolong her last day with the team. The letter mentioned the willingness of her boss to extend her tenure but mentioned the personal reasons why she cannot stay beyond 6th May.
The AI-generated email took a humorous turn with the line which stated ‘I cannot be sad and poor for another month’, making Mari hysterical with laughter. Even though the letter was not sent in the original form, Mari’s video of the AI-generated letter went viral and collected more than 8 million views. People found the AI-generated text entertaining but claimed that a more ‘human’ response would have been better. Mari herself also confirmed in a follow-up video that she had asked ChatGPT to make the email sound less ‘robotic’.
The incident of Mari using ChatGPT comes as a reminder of how AI-generated language, while amusing in specific situations, is often far from human-like in terms of its efficiency and the ability to express an idea in the right context.
ChatGPT is an AI chatbot specialized and trained to generate different kinds of emails, letters, and other texts to help simulate human-like conversations. They use generative models and natural language processing to generate phrases, sentences, and texts which can appear natural to humans and sound more organic than automated replies. ChatGPT has been the go-to for a lot of companies and organizations that need to generate professional and natural conversations.
Mari’s experience with ChatGPT stands to show that while AI-generated text can provide helpful solutions, there is still a need for human monitoring as they lack the intricate details and context-awareness needed for every conversation. The power of language, according to the idiom, “lies not just in what is said but how it is said.”
