Some (Many) Ways to Think About Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Special Issue on Effects of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Technical Communication Pedagogy, Practice, and Research, Part 2

Abstract

How should we think about artificial intelligence (AI)? More specifically, what theories, concepts, and ideas best help us understand and (to some extent) explain how we as individuals and as a field should interact with AI tools? These are pressing questions due to AI tools' rapid rise in professional, public, and even private lives.The goal of this special issue has been to show how the field of technical and professional communication (TPC) has responded to the rapid