Go to the back of any blockbuster novel and invariably there’s a slew of acknowledgements from the author. Acknowledgements that are common are for the editor (sorta like: ‘this book would not have happened without my amazing editor’) or proofreaders (along the lines of: ‘my husband and dear friends, helpful proofreaders, all’).
Yes, the biggest and most successful writers have an army of editors and proofreaders to improve the structure and material of the novel.
GenAI should be no different.
I tell my students that you can’t use genAI in autopilot mode. You still need to be the driver, the editor, to make sure you get out of the tool what you want, at the quality you want.
Decisions and work
Two things I have learned as a heavy genAI user is that you need to do the work and you need to be the editor.
I don’t know about you, but whenever I ignore any of those two things, the output is krap.
So: Do the work. Be the editor.
You’ll be thankful for that.
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