This post originally appeared on the website of the Center for Plain Language, a nonprofit organization that helps government agencies and businesses write clear and understandable communications. Writers are increasingly… What Does AI Mean for Plain Language Writing?
I talk about using AI in writing in a very public way. I believe that AI can make us better communicators if we know how to use it. But it’s… Understanding the risks of AI in professional life
AI commercials dominated Super Bowl LX. By one count, there were at least 15. At $8 million each, that’s more than $100 million to get AI products in front of… What the Super Bowl AI ads were really selling
Learning to interact with AI without the cut-and-paste Pre-prepared AI prompts are available everywhere. You’ll find them in places like LinkedIn posts, online AI courses, and curated prompt libraries. “Just… Stop hunting for the perfect prompt
“I don’t want to become dependent on AI” I hear people say that one of their worries about using AI is that they won’t be able to work without it.… Don’t let AI drive the bus: How to use AI without giving up critical thinking
A lot of writers, including me, ask this question because we want to create content with help from AI that doesn’t READ like it was AI-generated. Our real question is,… How can I tell if something was written by AI (and why does it matter)?
AI has a reputation for producing bland, hollow writing. You see it everywhere. That’s not because AI tools are inherently bad at writing. It’s because we’re asking it to do… AI isn’t ruining writing. We’re just using it wrong.
New Year’s resolutions have fallen out of fashion, haven’t they? It’s easy to make them but hard to stick with them. Nevertheless, I still make resolutions each January — I… Beyond good intentions: using ChatGPT to plan your New Year’s resolutions
Part 1: Deciding whether your meeting could be an email instead Meetings suck. Unnecessary meetings waste time, get in the way of other work, and generally tick people off. They… Meeting that should have been an email? AI can help with that.
I’ve gotten advice (from people who know what they’re talking about) that I knew right away I was never going to follow. I said something like, “that makes sense,” or… When you get real with ChatGPT, you get advice you can actually use
Actually, it’s more like a herd of elephants in the room. I’ve been struggling lately thinking about the moral and ethical issues surrounding AI use. Am I making things worse… The elephant in the room: The ethics of using AI
In part, we end up with cringe-inducing AI writing because people don’t know how to judge the output from tools like ChatGPT. It doesn’t sound quite right, but they don’t… Spot, refine, repeat: Training your eye for better AI output