White paper “Artificial Intelligence in technical communication: application, opportunities, risks, and how it will change our profession”
February 07, 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the world, including the world of technical communication. Never has it been so easy to automatically create or edit text and images with the help of generative AIgenerative AI such as ChatGPT. What does this mean for the field of technical communication and the technical writing community? What are the opportunities and risks?
In her white paper "Artificial Intelligence in technical communication: application, opportunities, and risks, and the future of our profession", Ulrike Parson provides an overview of the subfields of Artificial Intelligence and their applications in technical communication. She highlights the opportunities and risks of using AI and provides an overview of the legal framework for its use in the EU.
Prompt engineering is a relatively new discipline that deals with the development and optimization of prompts. Prompts are structured requests, for example to an AI chatbot such as ChatGPT. Since the quality of results from generative AI is difficult to predict, prompt engineering is used to optimize the structure and style of responses. Read more
The tekom spring conference in Freiburg/Breisgau in April this year presented a variety of fascinating and diverse topics that inspired the participants. Read more
Everyone is talking about generative AI. In addition to numerous new AI tools, the first integrations of AI into component content management systems and content delivery portals are now available. But is connecting to ChatGPT or another language model always the best choice? Which AI tool or process should be used for which tasks? Read more
NORDIC TechKomm, the technical communication conference in Stockholm, Sweden, isn't big. That's exactly why it offers plenty of opportunities for networking with Scandinavian and international colleagues. Read more
At Nordic TechKomm, international experts will gather in Stockholm to discuss trends and current topics in the field of technical communication. Ulrike Parson will give a presentation on “AI in technical communication: use cases, legal aspects, and the future of our profession”. Read more
