How a Google Docs Aficionado Embraced AI

Can artificial intelligence help us to be creative? That’s the important question, and it’s a question about user interfaces, not about who has the biggest model.

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On the left: here’s what I would prompt if i just want to get the task over with —maybe because I’m not an expert, or maybe they just don’t care. Eit

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This AI boom has set off an existential crisis in me. Some background: I’ve been teaching writing for the past six years. In that time, I developed frameworks for how to write well and a reputation as a good teacher to learn from. Partially because of the AI wave, I decided to stop teaching. It has only been four months since I shut down my busine... See more