ChatGPT

They can provide a foundation for constructing a blog post, article, or other missive. They can instantly spit out an outline or a list of key points. They can even infuse your writing with emotion and personality.

But Al bots generate text based only on existing data and trends, and they’re only as good as your prompts. They are “canned” and can produce false or grammatically incorrect content, exposing you to charges of plagiarism or copyright infringement. And as Al writing generators evolve, the legal and ethical terrain around them gets murkier and harder to maneuver.

So, use Al to support your writing, but be aware of its down sides. Transparency is vital, especially when copyrighted sources are involved. Al-generated copy doesn’t provide attributions; you don’t know where the bot harvested a sentence, phrase, or paragraph.

Al-generated writing simply cannot replicate the originality, life experience, and discernment of a skilled human writer.

Consider the advice of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT: “ChatGPT is incredibly limited . . . it’s a mistake to be relying on it for anything important.”