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The Curious Case of the Overachieving LLM

The essay explores the absurdity of overcomplicating simple communication through the use of advanced AI. It narrates a scenario where two humans use a language model to draft and summarize an email about a 3 PM meeting, highlighting the ironic inefficiency of employing sophisticated technology for mundane tasks. The tale humorously questions whether AI is simplifying processes or merely adding unnecessary complexity to human interactions. This was entirely generated using Microsoft Copilot with little or no modifications. The prompt used was Given the scenario “Human A uses LLM to compose a mail to Human B and Human B uses LLM to summarize the received email!” Compose a humorous essay keeping in mind if using LLM was necessary in the first place. The Curious Case of the Overachieving LLM {Or the absurdity and ironic inefficiency of overcomplicating simple communication using advanced AI, specifically large language models (LLMs).} In the age of technological prowess, one might imagine...