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Author refines LLM prompt for developmental editing

An author has developed a method to improve AI-assisted editing by first prompting a large language model, such as Claude, to define and explain the process of a "developmental edit." This prompt is then refined to remove insincere praise and vague feedback, focusing on constructive criticism and preserving the author's original intent. The refined prompt can then be used to have the AI apply the developmental edit to a piece of writing, with the author retaining the ability to debug and iterate on the AI's output. AI

IMPACT This method offers a technique for improving the quality of AI-generated feedback by refining prompts for specific tasks like developmental editing.

RANK_REASON The item describes a personal method for using an LLM for editing, rather than a new product release or research finding.

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Author refines LLM prompt for developmental editing

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Making Progress, Using Development Edits I’m an author. and one of the hardest things is to see what you’ve done wrong. If you have a spare human to edit you, i

    Making Progress, Using Development Edits I’m an author. and one of the hardest things is to see what you’ve done wrong. If you have a spare human to edit you, it’s easier. What About an LLM? Well, yes. Advait Sarkar has a lovely article on that in the October 2024 Communications …