Fiona Bradley2d ago
"I'd just like to record this for the minutes". Minute taking was once a skill, knowing what to include, what to leave out, decisions made. Now we get long overly detailed minutes nobody cares to read, AI-generated summarised, and worst of all, meetings that are stilted and don't discuss anything because every utterance is recorded.
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@fionabradley I'm good with this myself as the AI transcription options are pretty fab and pick up stuff I don't hear.

I'm minute taker for a meeting in a couple of weeks and I'll be joining in from another room, specifically so I can use the AI record and summarise options to aid in my minute taking. I say aid as I'll use the AI summary to inform my minute taking not replace.

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Show threadFiona Bradley2d ago
@snail yeah it really doesn't work for me (if I don't hear I ask for repeat). Probably as I just have too many meetings and don't have time for all this overhead. AI has done nothing to free up my schedule. I do use transcription if I need translation.
Show threadsnail2d ago
@fionabradley one of the things I loved about the move to teams with covid is being able to hear people in meetings, I couldn't hear in person.
Show threadFiona Bradley2d ago
@snail hybrid is the worst of both worlds.
Show threadsnail2d ago
@fionabradley not for me :)
Show threadLoïc Denuzière2d ago
@snail @fionabradley The sheer amount of outright false information I've found in the AI summary, the few times I've read it, have confirmed my decision to never enable it myself. In addition to the usual ethical issues with LLMs in general.
Show threadsnail2d ago
@tarmil @fionabradley that's why I said inform my minute taking as I wouldn't take it verbatim. I would still take my own notes but being half deaf, I have got things wrong in the past. Some of my minutes (without AI assistance) have been the opposite of the point agreed to because I didn't hear it properly.