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peadith t1_jeanzmt wrote

Ha! Legislators have been using the lowest budget form of AI to respond to constituents for decades. If anything this just levels the field.

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Hashtagworried t1_jeazsoj wrote

Source?

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yaosio t1_jeb1sln wrote

It's called a form letter. The letter is prewritten with mad libs style spots for entering information to make it appear relevant to the person it's being sent to.

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Hashtagworried t1_jeb2q13 wrote

Call me old fashion, but that isn’t AI even if it’s at its lowest budget. It’s just exactly what you’re calling, a template.

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127-0-0-1_1 t1_jebcqhc wrote

They were being facetious, not seriously saying that they were using AI.

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Hashtagworried t1_jebhx3p wrote

Yeah I know. Exactly why I asked since I’m not too sure how reliable AI was ten years ago.

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peadith t1_jeb3x61 wrote

The mildly staffer-edited form letter is old as time. Interestingly, it's easy to tell when you get one.

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