Advanced AI for Editors

Feeling out of the loop on AI developments since the last course? No worries, this session has you covered! We'll catch up on the latest in generative AI and what these advancements mean for editors like you. We'll also revisit core concepts from the intro course to ensure your foundational knowledge is solid. Finally, we’ll tackle any lingering questions or challenges you’ve encountered with implementing AI editing techniques in an interactive Q&A so you feel ready to move forward with learning advanced concepts. 

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Learning Objectives: 

• Get informed about recent developments in generative AI and its current capabilities 

• Reinforce foundational knowledge from the introductory course 

• Troubleshoot and resolve challenges with applying introductory techniques 

Upgrade your prompting skills by learning advanced techniques like few-shot prompting and Chain of Thought. In this lesson, we’ll also learn how to prompt with markdown text that tells the AI how to apply formatting like bolding and italics, which gives us clear and well-structured output. Plus, we’ll learn how to create AI-generated scoring rubrics that evaluate multiple texts at once. These techniques will enable you to provide it with more precise instructions so you get higher-quality edits that need fewer adjustments from human editors to perfect. ​

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Learning Objectives:

• Develop competency in advanced prompting methods, including few-shot prompting and Chain of Thought 

• Enhance AI output quality through the strategic use of markdown for clearer, more organized results 

• Explore use cases for AI-generated scoring rubrics to evaluate writing 

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Why settle for one-size-fits-all when you can create your own specialized AI? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to develop custom versions of ChatGPT that are fine-tuned to your unique editorial needs. Through the 4P method, you’ll understand how to craft effective custom GPT system prompts by including: 

 

Persona: the role 

Purpose: the task or goal 

Process: the steps it should follow 

Pattern: an example or structure of the desired output 

 

We’ll get an overview of how to use these personalized AI tools in both fiction and nonfiction contexts. Then, we’ll brainstorm and build our very own custom GPT. 

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Learning Objectives:

• Build customized, fine-tuned versions of ChatGPT tailored to specific editorial tasks 

• Implement the Persona, Purpose, Process, Pattern (4P) method to craft effective system prompts 

• Explore real-world applications of custom GPTs for both fiction and nonfiction editing 

 

Line editing requires precision and control, whether you are the human editor manually making changes in the text or the human editor guiding an AI line editor. In this lesson, we’ll learn how to develop focused prompts that lead AI through individual line-editing tasks and how to implement an iterative process that gives you greater command over revisions. These techniques provide accuracy and efficiency while ensuring human oversight and decision-making ability. Finally, we’ll explore the Panel of Experts prompt format that encourages creativity and innovation in structural editing, helping you tackle complex edits with fresh perspectives. 

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Learning Objectives

• Craft prompts for line-editing tasks and achieve targeted revisions 

• Employ a step-by-step iterative editing process for more control and higher quality 

• Learn the Panel of Experts prompt format to inspire creative solutions for structural editing challenges 

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Humans and AI are both under the microscope this week. First, we’ll zoom in on two extremely capable AI editing tools: 

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editGPT: In the introductory course, we got a sneak peak at editGPT through its ChatGPT browser extension. This time, we’ll check out its full capabilities in its web editor, including prebuilt and customizable prompt “buttons,”  full-project workflow, and ability to work with Microsoft Word.

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ChatGPT’s Canvas: This revolutionary tool can write to adjustable length and reading level plus offer quality author queries, all with unbelievable speed. 

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Then, we’ll examine how we can expand our human skills to evolve and thrive as AI reshapes the editorial profession. Our goal is not to compete with generative artificial intelligence but to have AI help make us the complete package for prospective clients and employers. 

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Learning Objectives

• Understand how to use editGPT's web editor for easy and customized AI copyediting

• Assess the strengths and weaknesses of ChatGPT's Canvas writing and editing feature

• Create a personalized plan to demonstrate the importance of human editing