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One writes | {{a|email|}}One writes “[[thx]]” if one wants to show an amount of gratitude, but only a small one: not so generous that it warrants being bothered to type all six letters of the word “thanks”, or even setting up an autocorrect so Microsoft can do it for you. If co-ordinated with a generously populated cc: line in a [[reply-all]] mail, [[thx]] has the potential to vaguely irritate a lot of busy people at once. | ||
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===GPT3 as thx on steroids=== | |||
Sincerity has been commoditised with the arrival of [[Chat-GPT3]]. Rather than just typing [[thx]] — which by comparison seems at least honourable in its frankness — by clicking “ok” you can have [[artificial intelligence]] express a properly disingenuous degree of gratitude, while you are off scrolling your twitter feed, googling sportscars, or whatever else you would rather be doing than civilly thanking a colleague for hard work. | |||
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One writes “thx” if one wants to show an amount of gratitude, but only a small one: not so generous that it warrants being bothered to type all six letters of the word “thanks”, or even setting up an autocorrect so Microsoft can do it for you. If co-ordinated with a generously populated cc: line in a reply-all mail, thx has the potential to vaguely irritate a lot of busy people at once.
Often used when adding.
- Sent: 24 December 2018, 12:30
- From: Kaye (Operations)
- To: Already large distribution (irritated)
- CC: Already large distribution (exasperated because it wasn't even relevant to them in the first place); Bob; Chip; Chuck;
- Re: Fw: RE: Re: RE: Antwort: Re: RE Re: Interminable rambling chain that dates back to 2010
GPT3 as thx on steroids
Sincerity has been commoditised with the arrival of Chat-GPT3. Rather than just typing thx — which by comparison seems at least honourable in its frankness — by clicking “ok” you can have artificial intelligence express a properly disingenuous degree of gratitude, while you are off scrolling your twitter feed, googling sportscars, or whatever else you would rather be doing than civilly thanking a colleague for hard work.