25. AI Has a Context Problem (Summer Reflection Series, Episode 2)

Parsing the differences between writing from genAI and writing from people can be frustrating or intimidating. But it can also be fruitful for thinking about how humans and machines handle (or don't handle) context. In this episode, I use the rhetorical concept of "presence" from Chaim Perelman to compare a piece of my own writing to a piece from ChatGPT. This comparison helps highlight different ways in which I, as a human, would approach descriptive writing versus how ChatGPT does. The differences I find highlight the problem of context for writing by humans and machines alike. This episode will be a springboard for a follow-up about adjustments I’d like to make to the way I teach the rhetorical skill of "presence" in my classes.

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