The Interface: Will AI eat UX writing? We test ChatGPT!

What does ChatGPT mean for UX writers and content designers? In this episode of the podcast, we put AI to the test and discuss the implications for our field.

The Interface is a brand-new podcast exploring trends and hot topics for UX content people.

In this episode, the UX Content Collective team puts ChatGPT to the test. Can it write recipes? Strings? Will it take our jobs and dominate us as overlords? Will those among us who never bought smartphones and held on to their flip phones “for the vibe” look down on us in the new world order? We discuss this and more in the latest episode. Listen in or read the transcript!

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Video: ChatGPT writing exercise

In this video clip, we give ChatGPT a writing prompt to help with CTAs for a pizza delivery app. Watch to see what it came up with…

UX writers get ChatGPT to write some strings

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Episode transcript

Patrick: [00:00:01] Any questions before we start? Katie?

Katie: [00:00:04] What is AI again? I’m kidding. We’re ready. We’re ready.

Patrick: [00:00:26] Hey, everyone. It’s Patrick here. Just a quick note before we start the podcast today. I promise a very quick one. I just wanted to let everyone know that as we head into the New Year, I’m sure you have some training budget that you haven’t spent yet or you’re getting ready for the new year, thinking about the new skills you want to develop. Just wanted to let you know that this week until the 23rd, UX content dot com has 15% all of our self-paced courses, and we have a special offer. Every purchase of a self-paced course comes with our Career Course for free. Now, the Career Course is an interesting one. It is a course that’s designed for content designers and UX writers at all skill levels: beginner, intermediate, senior, all levels. And the idea behind the Career Course is giving you ideas, tactics, and tools to further your career. And one of the big things you walk away with in that course is a career plan. We take you through principles and guidelines and a structure for how you should think about your career. And then we start giving you a plan for identifying tactics and tools for improving areas where you might need to develop. So, you get that free with any course purchase during this week. So definitely encourage you to check that out. It’s until the 23rd. 15% off self-paced courses. Everything’s automatically applied at the checkout. No code necessary. So if you want some new skills, check us out. And with that, I’m going to get out of the way because it’s a really good one today. Talking about AI and ChatGPT. I hope you enjoy it. Have a great holiday season, and we will see you next year. Hello and welcome to The Interface, the monthly podcast about the latest happenings in the UX writing and content design industry. I’m Patrick Stafford, the CEO of the UX Content Collective. Joining me today, we have Bobbie Wood, the founder and CEO of the UX Content Collective, Gordon Macrae, and Katie Szymanski. Why don’t we go around and introduce ourselves, Bobbie?

Bobbie: [00:02:31] Hello, people. I am Bobbie Wood. I am the founder and CEO of the UX Content Collective, and boy, are we thinking a lot about ChatGPT and AI writing and what it means for our jobs.

Patrick: [00:02:44] Yeah, we’re all going to be unemployed. No, no, we’ll get there. We’ll get there. Gordon?

Gordon: [00:02:50] Hey, everyone. My name is Gordon. I run the jobs newsletter for UX Content Collective and help develop new courses.

Patrick: [00:02:58] And Katie. Katie Sha-man-ski as we established last time on the podcast.

Katie: [00:03:05] That’s right. Hi, everyone. Katie here helping the team with marketing and social media. So I’m very interested to talk a little bit about AI and its implications for content creation.

Patrick: [00:03:19] It’s been a pretty big few weeks, I suppose. I actually can’t remember when the chat tool was released. It was probably a couple of weeks ago. If you are listening to this podcast, then you’re probably aware of what it is and what’s happening in our industry. But if you aren’t, you should be aware that an organization called OpenAI have released a new chatbot tool and this chatb