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Northern Illinois University
AI for Writing | Artificial Intelligence
This free university guide shows readers how to deploy AI at discrete stages of the writing process — brainstorming, drafting, revising and editing — and to work through a seven-step human-AI loop that runs from prompting multiple AI platforms for alternate approaches to an outline, through critiquing, verifying and revising the draft, to a final paper in the writer's own voice with AI use clearly attributed. It also gives readers guardrails they can apply immediately, including remaining the primary author, tracking and citing AI use according to the guidelines specified for each project, and avoiding overreliance on AI as a writing crutch.
- Task
- Writing
- Time
- 15-30 minutes
- Level
- beginner
- Cost
- Free — Nothing to pay. A free account at most.
- Tools
- None in particular
- Published
- Not dated