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Ambient rhetoric and AI: How unknown authorship reshapes digital environments
Don’t Believe Everything You See on The Internet Since ChatGPT was publicly released in 2022, content generated by large language models (LLMs) has increasingly flooded the web. But just how much of the good old internet is AI generated? This is a tough question to answer because there is no real definitive or universally accepted…
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Voicing concerns and possibilities: Diving into Ursula’s lair
…by wrestling with both the possibilities and limitations of AI in shaping our voice in a way that respects our individual authenticity, I believe we can do as we always have, and harness the power of words. Katie Powell I, like many writers, am scared of AI taking my voice (Mallette 2024, Meyer, 2023). I…
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A Forgotten Fallacy: It’s not either joining the resistance, or the cult of cool. We must reconcile positions on AI
There really is nothing quite like homemade fresh bread that nourishes the body and the soul, just like good writing can. I am concerned, and I am not alone, when I say there is a growing impasse between people’s positions on AI in communication and design. The challenges brought by AI have given us many…
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Beyond resistance: Navigating the ontological shift in AI adoption through empathy, education, and engagement
Many of the apprehensions surrounding AI are not solely rooted in the challenge of adopting a new tool; rather, they stem from a deeper, more profound change in the essence of their work and identity. Timothy Ponce In the field of Technical and Professional Writing (TPW), the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, notably large…
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The death of the GUI
When Altman suggested that GUIs be replaced by AIUIs, something primordial stirred within me, a deep-seated aversion to acting in the world without the visual information I have become accustomed to as my guide. -Philip Gallagher As an academic, I find that I do not get enough exercise. This is common, though research by Whipple,…
