7.4: AI for Revision and Editing
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\(\newcommand{\avec}{\mathbf a}\) \(\newcommand{\bvec}{\mathbf b}\) \(\newcommand{\cvec}{\mathbf c}\) \(\newcommand{\dvec}{\mathbf d}\) \(\newcommand{\dtil}{\widetilde{\mathbf d}}\) \(\newcommand{\evec}{\mathbf e}\) \(\newcommand{\fvec}{\mathbf f}\) \(\newcommand{\nvec}{\mathbf n}\) \(\newcommand{\pvec}{\mathbf p}\) \(\newcommand{\qvec}{\mathbf q}\) \(\newcommand{\svec}{\mathbf s}\) \(\newcommand{\tvec}{\mathbf t}\) \(\newcommand{\uvec}{\mathbf u}\) \(\newcommand{\vvec}{\mathbf v}\) \(\newcommand{\wvec}{\mathbf w}\) \(\newcommand{\xvec}{\mathbf x}\) \(\newcommand{\yvec}{\mathbf y}\) \(\newcommand{\zvec}{\mathbf z}\) \(\newcommand{\rvec}{\mathbf r}\) \(\newcommand{\mvec}{\mathbf m}\) \(\newcommand{\zerovec}{\mathbf 0}\) \(\newcommand{\onevec}{\mathbf 1}\) \(\newcommand{\real}{\mathbb R}\) \(\newcommand{\twovec}[2]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\ctwovec}[2]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\threevec}[3]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cthreevec}[3]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\fourvec}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cfourvec}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\fivevec}[5]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \\ #5 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cfivevec}[5]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \\ #5 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\mattwo}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{rr}#1 \amp #2 \\ #3 \amp #4 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\laspan}[1]{\text{Span}\{#1\}}\) \(\newcommand{\bcal}{\cal B}\) \(\newcommand{\ccal}{\cal C}\) \(\newcommand{\scal}{\cal S}\) \(\newcommand{\wcal}{\cal W}\) \(\newcommand{\ecal}{\cal E}\) \(\newcommand{\coords}[2]{\left\{#1\right\}_{#2}}\) \(\newcommand{\gray}[1]{\color{gray}{#1}}\) \(\newcommand{\lgray}[1]{\color{lightgray}{#1}}\) \(\newcommand{\rank}{\operatorname{rank}}\) \(\newcommand{\row}{\text{Row}}\) \(\newcommand{\col}{\text{Col}}\) \(\renewcommand{\row}{\text{Row}}\) \(\newcommand{\nul}{\text{Nul}}\) \(\newcommand{\var}{\text{Var}}\) \(\newcommand{\corr}{\text{corr}}\) \(\newcommand{\len}[1]{\left|#1\right|}\) \(\newcommand{\bbar}{\overline{\bvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\bhat}{\widehat{\bvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\bperp}{\bvec^\perp}\) \(\newcommand{\xhat}{\widehat{\xvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\vhat}{\widehat{\vvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\uhat}{\widehat{\uvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\what}{\widehat{\wvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\Sighat}{\widehat{\Sigma}}\) \(\newcommand{\lt}{<}\) \(\newcommand{\gt}{>}\) \(\newcommand{\amp}{&}\) \(\definecolor{fillinmathshade}{gray}{0.9}\)Read the page below to help you through the process of using AI to revise your chosen essay. AI-powered writing tools can help students improve their writing in a variety of ways.
How Can AI Help with Revision?
- Identifying grammar and spelling errors: AI tools can quickly and accurately identify grammar and spelling errors, freeing up students to focus on more creative aspects of their writing.
- Providing feedback on style and clarity: AI tools can also provide feedback on style and clarity, helping students to make their writing more engaging and easier to read.
- Suggesting new ideas and content: AI tools can also suggest new ideas and content, helping students to expand their writing and make it more informative.
Here are some specific AI-powered writing tools that you can use:
- ChatGPT: ChatGPT is a large language model chatbot developed by OpenAI. It can be used to generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way.
- Gemini: This is a large language model chatbot developed by Google AI. It can be used for a variety of tasks, including generating text, translating languages, and writing different kinds of creative content.
- Grammarly: Grammarly is a popular grammar checker that can help students identify and correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. www.grammarly.com
- Claude: Claude is a generative AI model that can help revise and refine your writing. Use it to edit, revise, suggest tips, and proofread your papers. Claude.ai
How to Use AI to Revise Writing
To use AI to revise writing, follow these steps:
- Experiment and "play" with different AI models, and choose an AI writing tool that meets your needs.
- Input your writing into the tool, with a specific prompt (see below) for tools like GPT, Bard and Claude
- Review the feedback provided by the tool.
- Make any necessary revisions to your writing. Ultimately, make it yours!
Sample prompts to give for AI revision:
- "Identify grammar and spelling errors in my writing." (Then paste in your writing. Do not press "enter" before pasting in your text)
- "Suggest ways to improve the clarity and conciseness of my writing."
- "Generate new ideas for my writing."
- "Check my writing for plagiarism."
- "Translate my writing into another language."
Using AI for Improving Evidence-Based Arguments:
Here are 15 highly effective ChatGPT prompts to improve evidence-based argument essays:
- "Please restate my thesis statement to make sure it is clear, concise and provides a compelling position on my topic."
- "Please identify areas in my essay that could use additional evidence and suggest the types of evidence that would strengthen my argument."
- "Please analyze the logic, flow, and organization of my essay argument. Provide feedback on improving transitions or sequencing."
- "Please evaluate whether my evidence fully supports all of my claims related to the thesis statement. Recommend any gaps."
- "Please assess if any counterarguments or limitations should be addressed to make a more balanced case."
- "Please rewrite the topic sentence for each body paragraph to ensure it establishes a clear reasoning building block for my overall thesis."
- "Please reword any overly verbose or unclear sentences while retaining my intent and voice."
- "Which section of the essay is weakest in terms of claims versus evidence? Please provide strengthening suggestions."
- "Please suggest additional authoritative sources suitable for citation to back up key arguments."
- "Please assess if the conclusion provides proper summation or if key takeaways need to be added or clarified."
- "Please evaluate the tone, style and word choice of the essay for an academic audience. Suggest any improvements."
- “Please rephrase overly used words or vague descriptors to enhance clarity.”
- “Check for proper grammar, spelling, punctuation and citation style. Flag any issues.”
- “How could the essay counterarguments be improved? Please provide specific strengthening recommendations.”
- “For increased impact, which 1-2 sentences should I amplify with more evidence or descriptive language?”
Tips for Using AI Writing Tools Effectively
Here are some tips for using AI writing tools effectively:
- Use AI tools to identify errors, but don't rely on them to correct all of your errors.
- Use AI tools to get feedback on your style and clarity, but don't be afraid to make changes that the tool doesn't recommend.
- Be aware of the limitations of AI writing tools. AI tools are not perfect, and they can often make mistakes.
Video Resource: Using Chat GPT for Editing and Revision
Watch the video below for a complete walkthrough of how to use ChatGPT features to improve your academic writing.
AI Supports and Plagiarism
While we may make use of AI tools to brainstorm ideas, help structure outlines and/or revise our own writing, submitting a fully AI-generated paper (over 50% probability) will be considered plagiarism and will require a rewrite of assignment for any credit.
Where is it okay to use AI in an essay?
- Topic brainstorming
- Thesis generation
- Outlining help
- Paragraph revision (meaning you completely write your own paragraph and then ask AI for suggestions for improvement.)
- Editing for grammar and conventions
- Formatting a works cited page after your enter your own source information.
Where is it not okay to use AI in an essay?
- Generating entire paragraphs or sections of your paper
- Finding quotations, evidence, or other information that you have not verified online
- Creating citations or works cited pages without entering your own sources.
AI Considerations
- Be sure that the tone of your essay is consistent throughout. If one paragraph sounds like it was written by a professor and the next sounds like it was written by a high school student, we have a problem.
- Frequently AI-generated words (such as: multifaceted, complexities, delve, etc.) should be avoided or rephrased
- Pay attention to formatting. If your paper is incorrectly formatted (or not formatted at all) but your paragraphs are written perfectly, this is suspicious.
- Overall, keep your focus on the purpose of this class. We want to learn to think deeply and communicate effectively no matter the setting or available technology. Challenging yourself is how you grow intelligence.
Please contact me if you have questions regarding this.
Takeaways
AI writing tools can be a valuable resource for improving writing. However, it is important to use these tools wisely and to remember that they are not a substitute for human thought. You're not required to use AI if you'd rather not. We have a wonderful team of human tutors available to help you as well! Click the online tutoring link in the Canvas sidebar to access them.