this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2025
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Things like this are really going to depend on the use. If it's crammed somewhere for the sake of cramming it, there are probably going to be some good opportunities to pick apart that particular plan, as opposed to AI in general.
On the other hand, my small company is looking into it for proposal writing (government contracting). There are some tools out there for that specific purpose, and as much as I loathe saying it, it can be a decent tool if used properly. Right now we can barely afford the proposal writer we have, and when a decent RFP comes out it's all hands on deck with all management diverting their attention for what amounts to a chance of business. If you treat the tool as a very fast junior-level proposal writer whose output you can review on the fly, especially for a lot of the boilerplate stuff, it can be legitimately useful.
That said, I'll also openly make comments about how I'm a curmudgeon for that kind of thing, or maybe say something about how it's basically your cell phone's text prediction thingy on steroids. Usually I say something about how the human element becomes an afterthought (example: generative AI producing content for SEO. One bot trying to please another under the guise of being for the humans). My AI-loving boss may disagree, but I'm otherwise good enough at my job (software development) that we're respectful about it to one another and he doesn't try to shove it down my throat. And even our lone proposal writer doesn't seem overly excited about it when I've talked with him (but willing to give it a try)
AI was designed by tech companies who became advertising companies whose profits derive from monetizing the ability to exploit us poor, psychologically weak and vulnerable humans with our brains so full of biologically hard-coded remote root exploits in order to change our behavior and make us want to do what earns them money. And that's exactly what they are using it for.
It makes perfect sense that it works amazingly well when used to write proposals to convince people to do hire you so that you will earn money, it is literally designed for that.