Team Roles & Rhetorical Intelligence in Human-Machine Writing

Abstract

This paper examines AI-based writing systems and how humans might partner with these systems to produce effective professional communication. We offer a taxonomy for examining roles in human-machine teaming for writing: Resource Tool, Assistant, Writer, and Executive Decision-Maker (whether at the beginning or end of the project). In particular, we focus on humanmachine teaming in relation to what we call rhetorical intelligence, the ability to invent and write for audience, purpose, and context. We examine human-machine writing by focusing on two cases: GameChanger and Phrazor by vPhrase. We conclude by proposing some guidelines for human-machine teaming for the production of professional communication.