This is really helpful. As a writing instructor, it's increasingly becoming expected that I'll have some kind of knowledge / wisdom to impart to first year writing students about these kinds of tools, but my knowledge and wisdom are somewhat limited, in part because there isn't really anything I use it for in my own writing process. I still tend to minimize the amount of my writing that I do in front of a computer screen and don't even use citation management software (when I'm taking notes on a work, I write down the bibliographic information at the top of the page, so then I have it for later when I'm writing the works cited entry). It's really helpful to read a description of how it can be used by someone who has found a number of good uses for it. I also really like the you conceptualize it - the question of whether you would trust a human assistant with the task.
I appreciate your thoughtful account of your approach to this, Lauren. I myself don't use "A.I." at all. In my 25 years as a philosophy professor, I never used a TA or RA. Early in graduate school I worked as both and decided then that I would never outsource those valuable skills that take a lot of good judgment to anyone else for my own work. You'll certainly get a kick out of my unusual Facebook post this morning I made on this very topic! :o)
This is really helpful. As a writing instructor, it's increasingly becoming expected that I'll have some kind of knowledge / wisdom to impart to first year writing students about these kinds of tools, but my knowledge and wisdom are somewhat limited, in part because there isn't really anything I use it for in my own writing process. I still tend to minimize the amount of my writing that I do in front of a computer screen and don't even use citation management software (when I'm taking notes on a work, I write down the bibliographic information at the top of the page, so then I have it for later when I'm writing the works cited entry). It's really helpful to read a description of how it can be used by someone who has found a number of good uses for it. I also really like the you conceptualize it - the question of whether you would trust a human assistant with the task.
I appreciate your thoughtful account of your approach to this, Lauren. I myself don't use "A.I." at all. In my 25 years as a philosophy professor, I never used a TA or RA. Early in graduate school I worked as both and decided then that I would never outsource those valuable skills that take a lot of good judgment to anyone else for my own work. You'll certainly get a kick out of my unusual Facebook post this morning I made on this very topic! :o)