Technical Writing in the Digital Age: Difference between revisions

One such program is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatGPT ChatGPT], which uses machine learning to produce texts with human-like style and tone. <ref>{{cite web | url =https://uca.edu/cetal/chat-gpt/ | title =Chat GPT: What is it? | last = | first = | date = | website =University of Central Arkansas | publisher = | access-date =October 9, 2023 }}</ref> Another leader in this area, Contentbot, uses a WordPress plugin which gives blog writers ideas to enhance their posts which are shared via email. <ref>Siddiqui, Zafar (January 2022). "Will Best Artificial Intelligence Take Over any Technical Content Writer?" The Writing Cooperative. https://writingcooperative.com/intricacies-of-ai-tools-can-ai-tools-take-over-the-jobs-of-technical-writers-af36836f625c</ref>

Because of the ability of chatbots to imitate human-like language, education administrators have had to take precautions to minimize the occurrence of students passing off artificially generated texts as their own. In some instances, educators have taken the view that material drawn from artificial intelligence software must be handled in the same way as sources from human authors. <ref>Klein, Alyson. “ChatGPT Cheating: What to Do When It Happens.” Education Week (Bethesda, MD), 21 Feb. 2023. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,shib&db=pwh&AN=2W64116997758&site=eds-live&scope=site.</ref> Students who incorporate artificially generated text into their work must denote credit for the artificial intelligence program utilized.

The advent of chatbots has complicated the issue of credit where creative work is concerned. Because chatbots can simulate human speech, their ability to create cinematic dialogues and other types of creative writing have threatened the credits and financial condition of professional writers. As a result of this concern, The Writer’s Guild of America has proposed stipulations to control the use of artificial intelligence in the motion picture and television industry. <ref>Maddaus, Gene. “WGA Would Allow Artificial Intelligence in Scriptwriting, as Long as Writers Maintain Credit.” Variety, 21 Mar. 2023, variety.com/2023/biz/news/writers-guild-artificial-intelligence-proposal-1235560927/#! Accessed 5 Nov. 2023.</ref>