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From: Jay Daley <exec-director@ietf.org>
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Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 08:37:33 +1300
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> On 8 Oct 2025, at 02:34, Joel Halpern <jmh@joelhalpern.com> wrote:
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> I have no objection to having AI transcripts (although experience in =
other fora indicates they have a ways to go.)  I simply object to =
treating those as a replacement for the minutes that highlight the key =
discussion items, action points, and decisions to be verified on the =
list.  (I can imagine that in a few years tools will be good enough to =
generate those with sufficient accuracy to actually save work, but we =
are not there yet.)

The differentiation between transcripts and minutes is crucial here =
because there is a real benefit to replacing transcripts as the =
technology improves. =20

Ekr - Do you see your I-D as saying that transcripts can only happen =
once and cannot be replaced?

Jay

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Jay Daley
IETF Executive Director
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