BONUS: AI: Not Taking Over the World Anytime Soon
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Welcome to episode 135 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from Curt Robbins. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode!
Today’s episode reviews a new article by senior technical writer Curt Robbins entitled "AI: Not Taking Over the World Anytime Soon."
Hosts Daphne and Fred unpack the Robbins article and describe an episode where he became frustrated with the AI image generator Ideogram, which repeatedly misspelled the brand name "Midjourney" (even after repeated prompting).
Robbins argues that artificial intelligence is currently limited and serves only as a supplement or assistant. He suggests that those who claim AI is on the verge of world domination should be dismissed, emphasizing that the technology still has significant shortcomings, such as spelling errors and Gemini's inability to produce a correct aspect ratio.
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>> Read the original article: "AI: Not Taking Over the World Anytime Soon": https://tinyurl.com/ye29v3yc
>> Read the Robbins article "Tool Review: Adobe FrameMaker" article: https://tinyurl.com/5dj3b8tp
>> Read the Robbins article "Helping Junior Technical Writers": https://tinyurl.com/yc82h4j7
>> Read the Robbins article "10 Famous Technical Writers": https://tinyurl.com/5ejznknw
>> Read the Robbins article "Tech Writers: Embrace Structured Content": https://tinyurl.com/32ysxm3v
>> Read the Robbins article "Role of User Experience in Tech Writing": https://tinyurl.com/mrdtenbb
>> Join the Technical Writing Success group on LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/mr28u7td
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