The Medium Is the Message (And So Are We!)

by Andrew Park “The new media and technologies by which we amplify and extend ourselves constitute huge collective surgery carried out on the social body with complete disregard for antiseptics.” Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (1964) A while back, I wrote a blog post about large language models (LLMs), advertised it on … Continue reading The Medium Is the Message (And So Are We!) →

Happy First Birthday, ChatGPT

by Amanda Goldrick-Jones Image by Terri Paju from Pixabay Last winter, ChatGPT burst on the scene and exploded editors’ brains. A year later, what do we know? How does ChatGPT (and its proliferating cousins) affect editors’ workflow, roles, and relationships with writers? I wanted to learn more from editors who have spent serious time with Artificial Intelligence (AI) … Continue reading Happy First Birthday, ChatGPT →

AI for Editors: Beyond Spellcheck

AI tools can provide assistance with writing and editing, but they can't replace human editors.

ChatGPT and the Role of Editors

by Amanda Goldrick-Jones Photo by Neel on Unsplash Like many editors, I’m curious about the effect auto-writing generators like ChatGPT might have on our profession. As an academic editor, I’ve read much heated discussion about writing generated by artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots being dehumanizing and demotivating, and making plagiarism even easier. These are valid concerns, and I share them [for … Continue reading ChatGPT and the Role of Editors →