You’d think this is obvious advice, but apparently it needs to be said. You should not use AI to write a condolence card, email, or text to your friend. Why? Not only is it poor matters, it’s not a genuine expression of your feelings. It’s actually rude. A condolence note written by AI is a combination of all the information that has ever been fed into the beast of artificial intelligence to help you imitate what a human might say to another human to express sympathy and camaraderie in a time of grief. Your human version of a personal note to a grieving friend does not need to be complicated or ground-breaking. It just needs to be heartfelt. And your friend can probably tell the difference. This is true for birthday cards and all the things you write to your friends. Let’s just be human a little while longer. PLEASE! Why am I bringing up this random etiquette tip?Other than my own personal disdain for the creep of AI into all written words, the bigger reason is I had the MOST DELIGHTFUL guest on Dear Nina this week. I sat down with fifth-generation etiquette expert Daniel Post Senning of The Emily Post Institute to explore how classic (and modern!) manners can strengthen and even rescue our adult friendships. Dan answered several question from members of my Facebook group. In addition to one about an AI-written condolence note, we discussed:
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