{"id":915701,"date":"2026-06-27T03:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T08:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/chatgpt-gets-you-80-there-the-hard-part-is-still-yours\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T03:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T08:12:27","slug":"chatgpt-gets-you-80-there-the-hard-part-is-still-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/chatgpt-gets-you-80-there-the-hard-part-is-still-yours\/","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT gets you 80% there. The hard part is still yours"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PCWorld advocates for using AI as a collaborative writing tool that provides critical feedback to improve drafts, rather than relying on it for complete rewrites.<\/li>\n
The article addresses growing concerns about AI job displacement, highlighting initiatives like Raise US that focus on worker retraining and strategic collaboration with AI.<\/li>\n
This approach matters because it helps writers and professionals enhance their skills while maintaining human creativity and job security in an AI-driven world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
AI is making us fearful for our jobs, and rightly so. It\u2019s a snap to ask ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini to, say, write a news story about technology, source it, and publish it, all in a matter of seconds. What\u2019s to keep ChatGPT from replacing me?<\/p>\n
Everyone\u2019s trying to figure out the problem of keeping AI from wreaking havoc on the workforce, with the latest effort coming from an non-profit backed by the biggest names in tech, including Amazon, Anthropic, Microsoft, and OpenAI.<\/p>\n
Led by Gina Raimondo, the former U.S. commerce secretary and former Rhode Island governor, Raise US is taking a multipronged approach<\/a> to tackling the AI jobs issue, from worker retraining and wage insurance to short-term compensation for displaced employees and employer incentives for redeploying those who are displaced.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a laudable effort, although it\u2019s too early to tell whether Raise US will deliver tangible benefits<\/a> or will simply act as a PR shield for companies creating the very AI models threatening so many jobs. Yes, Raise US has raised $500 million so far, but what\u2019s $500 million to an Anthropic or a Microsoft?<\/p>\n
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Welcome to another edition of Prompt Mode, your weekly AI newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Call me an optimist, but I think there\u2019s another, parallel way to help protect our jobs in the coming AI era: rethinking the way we use AI.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s all too easy to ask ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini to just do the thing \u2014 you know, just make the chart, build the website, write the article. Indeed, ask ChatGPT to do a given task, and it will get you 80 percent of the way there astonishingly fast. Of course, it\u2019s that last 20 percent that can be agonizing to get right, and it\u2019s not finishing the last 20 that leads to AI slop.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In my latest AI prompt tip<\/a> (you can read more about it below), I wrote about how you can get ChatGPT to help <\/em>you write, rather than just do the writing for you. It means treating the AI as a collaborator rather than just the doer or the outsourcer.<\/p>\n
I believe there are plenty of ways for AI to help us rather than replace us, and the more we learn about AI, the better we\u2019ll be able to rethink how we use it. <\/p>\n
Let\u2019s hope that AI rethink trickles up to the execs, too.<\/p>\n
More in AI this week<\/h2>\n\n
Alexa has an Amazon-shopping superpower<\/a>: It can buy an item the moment it hits a target price. Use it with caution. (PCWorld)<\/li>\n
In yet another online \u201chow important are you\u201d test, this site checks<\/a> whether various AI models know who you are without having to search the web first. Here\u2019s how I rank<\/a> (just below Ben Patterson the Fluxus artist). (TechCrunch)<\/li>\n
Can Claude unlock hidden powers by pretending to be Fable 5<\/a>? I tried it. (PCWorld)<\/li>\n
The AI voice of Michael Caine<\/a> is narrating The Odyssey<\/em> for a new audiobook. Sing to me of the man, Muse\u2026 (NYT)<\/li>\n
OpenAI says it sped up the development of \u201cJalape\u00f1o,\u201d its first computer chip, by using its own AI models<\/a> to help with the design. (VentureBeat)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Prompt of the week: The \u201ccritique, don\u2019t rewrite\u201d prompt<\/h2>\n
Now, back to the prompt I\u2019ve previously alluded to \u2013 the one where ChatGPT helps you to write rather than just doing the writing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This prompt specifically tells the AI not to rewrite your draft<\/a>. Instead, it gets ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini to pinpoint weak, vague, or unconvincing passages in your writing, prodding you to tighten up flabby sentences or reorganize your meandering paragraphs. <\/p>\n
The prompt can lead to surprisingly harsh criticisms (I certainly wasn\u2019t immune), but I was impressed by the incisive feedback. Give it a try.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s all for now!<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\tAuthor: Ben Patterson<\/a>, Senior Writer, PCWorld\t\t<\/h3>\n
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Ben has been writing about consumer technology for more than 20 years, and now focuses his reporting on AI as it relates to the basic human experience. His coverage of artificial intelligence interrogates the latest LLMs, and how they can be used at work and at home to be best prepared for the AI revolution. \u201cAI is going to change our lives sooner than we think,\u201d Ben writes. \u201cOur best way to adapt is by using it every day.\u201d Ben has been a PCWorld author since 2014, and has covered everything from laptops to security cameras before launching PCWorld\u2019s AI beat. Ben’s articles have also appeared in PC Magazine, TIME, Wired, CNET, Men’s Fitness, Mobile Magazine, and more. Ben holds a master’s degree in English literature.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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