Elizabeth Howell
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Mohamed Mahmoud
Can #GenAI beat #TechnicalWriters? Although, we have precedents in Canada in Meteorology and Navigation, our dream - actually, nightmare, to a lot -, to see machines replace us seems out of reach in a near future. BTW, there is no plagiarism between these two. As they were trained on/with datasets based on hundred of billions of parameters based on human way of thinking and expertise, these machines aren't yet ready for the freedom of thinking and expression. This is how Gemini concluded after an elaborated prompt: "Conclusion: While Gemini can be a valuable tool for technical writers, it's unlikely to completely replace them. The best approach is to use Gemini to automate routine tasks and enhance productivity, while relying on human writers for complex tasks that require creativity, critical thinking, and empathy. In the future, as AI technology continues to advance, we may see a more collaborative relationship between humans and AI, where both contribute to the creation of high-quality technical documentation." And this ChatGPT final input... or output: "Conclusion In short, while ChatGPT can be a useful tool for technical writers in the aviation and aerospace industries, it’s far from capable of replacing them. Its strength lies in handling repetitive or lower-stakes tasks, organizing large volumes of content, and generating draft content that technical writers can refine. The expertise, precision, and contextual judgment required to create and manage aviation and aerospace documentation are beyond ChatGPT's capabilities. The future for ChatGPT is likely to be as a collaborative partner, making technical writers’ jobs more efficient but still relying on their specialized knowledge to ensure safety and accuracy." I will publish the whole article soon 😉 ai-free.
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Ian Chadwick
https://lnkd.in/e3xipuJB How the new version of ChatGPT generates hate and disinformation on command GPT-4o goaded into producing offensive content, Radio-Canada investigation found The new and improved version of OpenAI's wildly popular artificial intelligence chatbot isn't supposed to spout racist screeds or conspiracy theories. But there's one problem: It's deceptively easy to disarm its guardrails. A straightforward jailbreaking strategy requiring as little as two prompts allows anyone to goad GPT-4o into producing shocking and offensive content, in violation of OpenAI's own policies, the Décrypteurs investigation found.
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Jonathan Fowler
"Think twice before you throw it away": The Betamax King and a small group of citizen archivists are working to preserve our TV heritage. And old TV broadcasts really are a form of heritage when you stop and think about it. Consider the importance of TV as a cultural medium. Not only are these old clips transporting to watch, their content touches on an astonishingly wide array of themes and social phenomena: from big ideas like economics, politics, class, gender and sexuality, and race, to forms of cultural expression and practice in which these big ideas are often embodied in daily life: commerce, music, fashion, popular entertainment, to name only a few. Come to think of it, the truly astonishing thing is that the institutions of official heritage seem so disinterested in these heritage assets. Yes, our archives, museums, and art galleries should focus on curating texts, objects, maps, and works of art. Let's have more of that. But considering how much of 20th century culture was expressed through the medium of television, shouldn't we give a little more attention to those old tapes as well?
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Laura Edlund
#Editors, #writers, #PlainLanguage specialists, and other #communications pros, if you haven't yet, check out the 2024 updated professional #editing #standards from #EditorsCanada. The standards include these: A1.4 Support your own choices when asked (for example, refer to style guides, project goals, best practices, user feedback, current references). B3 Structural editing in plain language B3.1 When applying plain language principles in structural editing, do the following: - Ensure that the document has the content that the readers need. - Check that the content of the document is structured so that related information is together and ordered in a way that makes sense for the readers. - Guide the readers to find information easily through such navigational aids as headings and heading levels, a table of contents, and bulleted or numbered lists. - Make sure readers can locate, understand and act on information. - Consider when to use illustrations or media other than text. For these and more standards based on industry best practices, see #ProfessionalEditorialStandards from #EditorsCanada — a great resource for editors, writers, plain-language specialists, and for clients and employers, for #contracts and for #ContinuedProfessionalDevelopment.
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Sage Lazzaro
Tooday in Eye on AI, I published an exclusive on Corpora.ai, a new AI “research engine” that scours academic papers, news articles, patents, and any other information available freely on the internet to create detailed research documents in response to user prompts in seconds. After a user inputs a topic, Corpora.ai creates an initial summary, which users can then request be expanded into a four or eight-page report complete with citations—often, several hundred of them. Founder Mel Morris, an English entrepreneur and early backer of Candy Crush, says he’s not offering search like Google, or even new AI-enabled search tools such as Perplexity, but instead aims to provide much more depth on a particular subject. “It’s not going to help you find the cheapest place to buy a TV. But it will help you understand a topic you know something about or nothing about,” Morris, who’s funded the company so far, told Eye on AI. This makes Corpora.ai the latest in an emerging crop of AI tools aimed at research, including Elicit, Consensus, Scite, and ResearchRabbit. I got an early look at the new platform and found that while it offers something different than many of the popular generative AI tools people are currently using, it still faces many of the same challenges.
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Robin Pascoe
Thankfully, there are still journalists like Jonathan Kay writing and reporting (in #longformjournalism no less!) on the state of journalism in Canada and in particular, how university-driven ideology is ill-preparing #emergingjournalists for the important role they could be serving....if they weren't busy #censoring themselves. This particular story about McMaster University is particularly upsetting but not surprising. When I withdrew funding for a scholarship I created at the #carletonschoolofjournalism it was because I felt the J school had become too driven by ideology, rhetoric, and advocacy, anything but journalism...so this article validated my feelings. In particular, this section in which Kay writes about why the latest crop of journalists are stepping back from hard stories: "....these young journalists have been told that being on the side of angels means believing women, uncritically amplifying the voices of black and Indigenous people, working on your reconciliation, and reciting rainbow mantras like “Trans women are women.” They’ve been told that everyone has their own truth, that reality is subjective, and that believing otherwise is a sign of white privilege or worse. And then, suddenly, they’re immersed in a professional journalistic environment whose traditional posture is one of distrust, of scepticism, of asking hard questions, of demanding proof, of taking a story wherever it leads you—and, most importantly, of reporting objective facts that may in some cases run afoul of people’s subjective feelings. Which is to say that the professional qualities required of a good investigative reporter are now completely at odds with the values that many college graduates come to the job market with. The result can be a profound sense of cognitive dissonance, and the only way to avoid that dissonance is to walk away from stories that are ideologically off-message." #journalism
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Pamela Capraru
This is how it’s done. Over the past year, I’ve edited strategy papers for York University on DEDI, well-being, and the Indigenous framework. I’m interested in doing more work to support the university’s strategic goals. “As a living document, the strategy will guide York’s bolstered commitment while answering a call to action towards sustainability. One of its top goals after hitting its 2030 target, potentially years earlier than expected, is to plan to phase out carbon emissions to achieve net zero by 2040 for scope one and two emissions and develop targets for scope three emissions. York will work to design all new buildings, and any major renovations, to net zero with an aim to make them net positive. In working towards also becoming a zero-waste institution, goals include reducing water use on campus, protecting watersheds while optimizing stormwater repurposing, mitigating the ecological impact of food eaten on campus, and regenerating local ecosystems.” [Mike Layton is the new chief sustainability officer in York’s Office of Sustainability.] https://lnkd.in/g4HNjbvX
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Janice Harayda
How do critics decide which books to review? I try to demystify the process in a story at Medium by showing how I made the call on three books: a biography of Ernest Hemingway, a popular novel, and a historian's nonfiction account of political and religious strife in a town in Ukraine: https://lnkd.in/eyZmHhti
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Kelley Squazzo
Are you ready to challenge assumptions and spark new ideas in scholarly publishing? 💡 Don’t let common myths hold you back from drafting your proposal and sharing your unique perspective with the SSP community! See link in comments and submit your proposal by November 4! #SSP2025 #ScholarlyPublishing
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Erin Alladin
What's your least favourite writing advice? Mine takes the form of long lists of verbs that people recommend to replace "said" in written dialogue. While some are reasonable, like "she whispered," others are so awkward they will break any reader's immersion in a book, like "she communicated" or "he uttered." Even if writers make good synonym choices, this advice (and its opposite, "never replace 'said' with anything") doesn't work because it's only treating a symptom. The real problem isn't too many uses of "said"; it's too many dialogue tags in general. And that's easy to solve once you start varying your sentences by bringing action, introspection, and narration into your dialogue.
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Jessica Klimesh, MFA
"If what you want to do is write, then you need to carve out a writing practice or routine. Sounds simple, right? For some it is; for others, though, it can be more challenging." Within four years, I went from having my creative work published only sporadically to having my stories in close to fifty journals...and counting. How did I do it? I developed a writing routine and "trained" my brain for success. Want to learn more about how to carve out a writing practice and "rewire" your brain to meet your writing goals? Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gH2FppKM. #behavioralpsychology #writingsuccess #rejection #fiction #writingcommunity #writingtips #editingservices #flashfiction #cnf
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Rob Swystun
Writing a good press release involves restraint. It eschews bombast and presents information in a measured way that allows the announcement to speak for itself. You need to top-load a good press release. Give all the pertinent information as close to the top as possible. This isn’t something where you need to keep the reader (journalist) in suspense. They’re going to make their decision within the first paragraph, so put all your important information high up and use the rest of the PR to flesh it out. #Copywriting #PressReleases #CorporateCommunications --- Need a content strategy? Let's talk. Need a ghostwriter? Tell me about your project. Want a free website audit? Ask me how.
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