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New federal employees must now write essays praising Trump's policies (www.newsweek.com)

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Those seeking a job in the federal government will now have to write an essay in support of Donald Trump's executive orders, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

Vince Haley, the White House's head of domestic policy, wrote in the May 29 memorandum that all civil service applicants must answer a series of essays as part of the job recruitment process, including one about how they would "help advance" Trump's policy priorities.

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[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago

Can I use ChatGPT?

[-] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago

This is like the only ethical use of it can think of: generating acceptable propaganda so you can get the job and do actual work instead

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Damn, it's true

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Cover letters seem to be the perfect application for LLMs. I ain't writing an essay on why I want to work here.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

which your resume already covers. cover letters is just stroking egos anyways.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Probably better to use Grok, because that's what's going to read these things.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Can Grok tell if Grok generated the essay?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I don't know if it will care to be honest

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I feel like the biggest pedant here, but it won't care because it's an LLM. Worth reiterating that they're just word processing programs, not some thinking AI.

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