Editing AI Writing
Plus a new episode of the AI & I podcast with Every editor in chief Kate Lee
TL;DR
- Kate Lee, editor in chief at Every, uses AI as an editorial leader, finding its utility when it solves specific problems like hiring administration.
- She created a 400-rule style guide for an AI project to assist writers and editors in improving draft quality before final review.
- Small teams can achieve significant growth and expand offerings with advanced AI models and tools, provided they are open to new workflows.
- Editing AI-generated text can be challenging, often requiring significant effort to refine compared to writing from scratch.
- Effective AI integration, like Katie Parrott's process, involves upfront work in feeding AI with personal writing examples and preferences.
- AI, integrated with tools like PostHog via model context protocol, provides deeper product insights, such as identifying the source of Sparkle's lifetime plan buyers.
- Every offers camps and workshops on AI topics, including 'Claude Code for Absolute Beginners'.