“The hottest new programming language is English” (Andrej Carpathy)
AI tools are rapidly transforming content creation. Both their proficiency and influence are growing dramatically.
Yes, they still lack creativity, subtlety, tact and occasionally even factual accuracy. There remain issues with plagiarism and copyright infringement, alongside blatant hallucination and ethical concerns.
But we must embrace, not shun, this revolution.
Through discerning use, we can harness the capabilities of automated writing innovations, whilst polishing their flaws.
The key skills? Prompting them inventively with our initial cues, then judiciously critiquing and revising their outputs. By carefully reviewing AI-generated content, we can produce high-quality material at a speed and scale otherwise inconceivable.
The factor that makes all the difference here? The expertise of the human editor.