Introduction to AI Assisted Writing
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 80
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If you have ever used a generative AI system such as ChatGPT to write something and felt amazed, puzzled, and scared at the same time, this textbook is for you. We use a first-principles approach, which is a way of thinking that helps you figure out things by yourself. It does that by encouraging you to question the assumptions and beliefs that you have learned from others and to seek fundamental truths that underlie any problem or situation. We provide basic background information, tasks, and examples to help you gain an understanding of how to use AI more skillfully to apply it to your own writing. This textbook:
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1 A brief history of computer-assisted writing tools
A long and winding road
Word processing programs become a focus for software innovation
Much unfinished business
General types of AI-assisted tools for writing
2 Chapter 2. Intention, Ownership, and Personal Work Environment
The importance of intention
Owning your writing and voice
Creating your work environment and workflow
3 Strategies for approaching AI-assisted writing projects
First principles thinking—a foundation for solving problems
Human vs machine
4 How AI works as a writing tools
Background
Predicting text
Reasoning—explaining how you arrived at your answers
Interacting with Gen AI
Using Gen AI with other tools
5 Fundamental tasks:
Ideation (Brainstorming)
Refining your prompts
Reasoning
Paraphrasing and summarizing
Documenting your sources
Visuals and tables
Spelling and grammar checking
Role playing
Translation
Internet search
6 Ethical Concerns
Creating your own policy
Alignment—Steering AI toward human values
References
Index
Ashley Paul was born and raised in a small town in Alabama. She received a B.A. in English from the University of Alabama where she won the Thomas Wolfe Award for Outstanding Creative Writer. After taking a few years off to work and travel, Ashley continued her education at Florida State University. There, she was twice nominated for teaching awards, participated in public readings of her work, and worked as an editor for the school literary magazine. In 2009, she received an M.F.A. in Creative Writing with a focus in fiction. Her works of fiction have been featured in multiple literary magazines including Southeast Review and Pembroke Magazine. After graduating from Florida State, Ashley worked as an adjunct professor of English and as a full-time Communications Specialist in the Writing Center at Tallahassee Community College. In 2014, she accepted a full-time position as an English Professor at Bunker Hill Community College, where she continues to teach, enjoying the diverse student population and the urban setting. She currently lives in Medford, MA with her husband and two children. They enjoy all the Boston area has to offer including the museums, the sporting events, and the nearby hiking, camping, and skiing. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, writing, and all things tech-related, which is why she is extremely excited to be a part of this project. Ashley hopes other professors and students will embrace AI and use it in a helpful and ethical way.
Ed Cuoco is an adjunct faculty member at Bunker Hill Community College and Wenworth Institute of Technology. He has a B.A. in English and an M.S. in management and marketing. He has worked in high-technology and start-up companies for over thirty years as an individual contributor, cofounder, manager, and executive.
For the last decade, in addition to teaching and consulting, he has focused on how to enhance writing skills for community college and first-year college students by exploring advanced computer-aided support tools and best practices in professional and academic environments.
If you have ever used a generative AI system such as ChatGPT to write something and felt amazed, puzzled, and scared at the same time, this textbook is for you. We use a first-principles approach, which is a way of thinking that helps you figure out things by yourself. It does that by encouraging you to question the assumptions and beliefs that you have learned from others and to seek fundamental truths that underlie any problem or situation. We provide basic background information, tasks, and examples to help you gain an understanding of how to use AI more skillfully to apply it to your own writing. This textbook:
| Instructor Resources:
|
1 A brief history of computer-assisted writing tools
A long and winding road
Word processing programs become a focus for software innovation
Much unfinished business
General types of AI-assisted tools for writing
2 Chapter 2. Intention, Ownership, and Personal Work Environment
The importance of intention
Owning your writing and voice
Creating your work environment and workflow
3 Strategies for approaching AI-assisted writing projects
First principles thinking—a foundation for solving problems
Human vs machine
4 How AI works as a writing tools
Background
Predicting text
Reasoning—explaining how you arrived at your answers
Interacting with Gen AI
Using Gen AI with other tools
5 Fundamental tasks:
Ideation (Brainstorming)
Refining your prompts
Reasoning
Paraphrasing and summarizing
Documenting your sources
Visuals and tables
Spelling and grammar checking
Role playing
Translation
Internet search
6 Ethical Concerns
Creating your own policy
Alignment—Steering AI toward human values
References
Index
Ashley Paul was born and raised in a small town in Alabama. She received a B.A. in English from the University of Alabama where she won the Thomas Wolfe Award for Outstanding Creative Writer. After taking a few years off to work and travel, Ashley continued her education at Florida State University. There, she was twice nominated for teaching awards, participated in public readings of her work, and worked as an editor for the school literary magazine. In 2009, she received an M.F.A. in Creative Writing with a focus in fiction. Her works of fiction have been featured in multiple literary magazines including Southeast Review and Pembroke Magazine. After graduating from Florida State, Ashley worked as an adjunct professor of English and as a full-time Communications Specialist in the Writing Center at Tallahassee Community College. In 2014, she accepted a full-time position as an English Professor at Bunker Hill Community College, where she continues to teach, enjoying the diverse student population and the urban setting. She currently lives in Medford, MA with her husband and two children. They enjoy all the Boston area has to offer including the museums, the sporting events, and the nearby hiking, camping, and skiing. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, writing, and all things tech-related, which is why she is extremely excited to be a part of this project. Ashley hopes other professors and students will embrace AI and use it in a helpful and ethical way.
Ed Cuoco is an adjunct faculty member at Bunker Hill Community College and Wenworth Institute of Technology. He has a B.A. in English and an M.S. in management and marketing. He has worked in high-technology and start-up companies for over thirty years as an individual contributor, cofounder, manager, and executive.
For the last decade, in addition to teaching and consulting, he has focused on how to enhance writing skills for community college and first-year college students by exploring advanced computer-aided support tools and best practices in professional and academic environments.