
I saw a rather fabulous question the other day by Bruno Winck and I’m going to paraphrase it to gauge the opinion of the people who read my wittering:
When was the last time you read an interesting text, saw an interesting image, heard some fabulous audio, found it especially good and then learned it was AI-generated?
Bruno Winck
I am regularly shock and surprised by how quickly AI tools are moving things forward but do I prefer fully AI generated content? I don’t think I do. And if I don’t, why would the people I’m supporting in learning be any different?
I am training colleagues to use Microsoft Copilot at the moment. But is isn’t a five minute job. It is capable of being used on six or seven apps and learning to use it well and get the best results from it requires resilience, experimentation and a huge investment of time. And to complicate matters further, it is not a finished product – it keeps being “refined” by Microsoft.
Using Copilot to good effect is a little bit like learning to drive. It takes time and practice. I get slightly irritated by colleagues who think that you should be able to make them a Copilot superuser in a one-hour session.
And to generate innovative content using AI requires huge skill in just the same way as generating good content without using AI takes experience, ability and knowledge.
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