The human writer in an AI world
Lorraine Forrest-Turner SpeakerNet Sponsor
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- Lorraine Forrest-Turner
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- Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, London, Aberdeen and North East
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- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
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- Professional
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- Paid: £100
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- Business
- Updated:
- 15th February 2025
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The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in almost every walk of life gives rise to both Utopian and doomsday scenarios. With large language models (LLMs) threatening to replace business and creative writers, it’s understandable that wordsmiths are particularly anxious. But should they be? In ‘The Human Writer in an AI World’ professional writer Lorraine Forrest-Turner explains why it’s life, not machines, that shape writing – and while AI can generate content, it's people who choose to read it.
Views: 53 | Enquiries: 0About Lorraine Forrest-Turner
After initially studying audiology and working in the NHS, Lorraine went on to study and work in performance arts, journalism and public relations.
She is a tutor at the UK Writers College and a member of several professional institutions, including the UK Speechwriters’ Guild, ProCopywriters (the alliance of commercial copywriters), the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA).
Her published work includes the stage plays ‘Seven Stages of an Affair’, ‘To Have and to Hold’, ‘Dear Lily’ and ‘Bank Holidays and Other Ways to Kill a Marriage’. She has also published two books, ‘13:22 and Other Short Stories’ and ‘In Praise of Mediocrity’, a collection of articles on writing and communication skills. She is currently in the process of publishing her first novel, 'White Lies and Black Wednesdays' and writing her second.
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