Listen, people can argue and post all they want about the dangers and/or benefits of AI. But whether you use it or not is up to you.
So, yes you can use AI tools if you want but please, PLEASE recognise that you will get out just what you put in. Prompt it in a slapdash way – you’re gonna get slapdash results. And even if you give it the most detailed prompt ever – you still need to check what it throws up in response.
Don’t just tell it to write an essay on… oh I don’t know … challah. “Write an essay on challah” is pretty vague. And you’ll get vague results.
Give it details:
👨🍳 what role you want it to assume: food writer, baker, culinary or social historian, etc.
✍ what the project is: is the essay part of the larger project? Are there existing sections to use as guides? Is the essay for a food website or a social history journal?
👨👩👦👦 who the audience: general educated adult reader, bakers, a local food magazine, kids?
📏 how long should it be: 300 words or 1500 words?
📣 what tone or style: is this a formal report or an informal piece?
➕ / ➖ what to include or not: different shapes, recent trends or historical references? Regional differences or focus on a specific region?
✔ Check and challenge the results.
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And then, use it as a jump off point for your own input. If you leave it as is – trust me, people can tell.