People often talk about the skills needed to use AI successfully at work. One of these skills is learning how to write clear prompts that steer the AI in the right direction. Another is learning how to evaluate and adjust its output.
Editors are part of that evaluation and adjustment layer. We check AI-text in various ways, ensuring that it makes sense and does what it’s supposed to.
There’s another AI skill that is a lot harder to learn quickly because it’s about emotion and psychology. It’s a kind of self-management.
Users of AI must know when to trust themselves and their own knowledge. They also need to recognise the limits of their own abilities.
In the worst case, a person with imposter syndrome could defer too much to AI, allowing it to overwhelm them with the wrong advice.
Similarly, someone who is too confident in themselves could fail to take the careful steps needed to evaluate what the AI has produced.
The self-knowledge required to avoid these traps can and will be developed across workplaces. Editors and other quality assurance professionals will be on hand to catch any problems that develop in the meantime.
Tide & Time Editorial 