AI Prompt Weighting: From Simple Answers to High-Stakes Projects
How to match your AI prompts to the stakes, from a quick email to a big proposal, using four phases and three levels of detail.
Notes from the workbench
Articles
Notes from the workbench. I write about AI literacy, prompt engineering, storytelling, and how creative people can use new tools without losing what makes the work theirs. Some of these first ran on LinkedIn. Some are brand new.
AI & creativity
How AI Adapts to Your Personality & Preferences
ChatGPT is my JARVIS. Six ways to help AI learn your style, plus a prewritten prompt that personalizes every session.
Why AI Literacy Should Be Taught in Schools
Why AI literacy belongs in the classroom, and how students can use AI ethically, from a college digital media instructor.
Everything else
The Hidden World of Left-Handedness
Ham-hand, southpaw or lefty: the myths, challenges and celebrations of left-handed people, from da Vinci to Steve Young.
In the works
- What I Learned Building a Team of AI Agents (Lessons from HIVE)I didn't set out to manage a team of AIs. But somewhere between the comics, the websites and the day job, I ended up running a writers' room where most of the writers are software.
- The Four D's and IDEAL: Two Simple Frameworks for Working with AIMost people use AI like a vending machine: one prompt, one answer, done. I teach it more like a writers' room, and these two frameworks are how.
- Inside SideswipeSideswipe comics are built for your phone, and getting there takes a lot of experimenting. Inside Sideswipe is the workbench: what's working, what isn't, and what changed.
- Making Comics Ethically with AI"Art made with AI tools isn't real art." I've heard it. People said the same about the laser printer, the 3D renderer and the camera. Here's how I make comics with AI tools and still sleep at night.