Mixed
Having to hand hold it through each paragraph and then rewrite in my own style is never much of a time saver
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Helped: Translating code, creating mermaid flow charts, and comparing job descriptions.
Got in the way: Condensing emails loses meaning and requires manual rewriting.
… I have on occasion also asked it to condense a wordy email going out to senior staff but I find Mistral 7B is a bit all or nothing and will take my 5 paragraphs and shrink them to a couple of sentences with lose most meaning. Having to hand hold it through each paragraph and then rewrite in my own style is never much of a time saver.