Scremes
Shawn Cremer is a writer and copyeditor working in the U.S. and Europe.
Scremes
Shawn Cremer is a writer and copyeditor working in the U.S. and Europe.
Copyediting and AI
“Can’t AI do what a copyeditor does?”
Yes. And no.
Artificial Intelligence for copyediting existed for many years before the term gained ubiquity. Tools like Grammarly, TurnItIn, even Microsoft’s Spell Check have provided copywriters with support for decades. (Remember Clippy, anyone?)
However, even with all of those tools at our disposal, professionals engaging in publishing — whether text on a physical product, web copy, or academic writing in a textbook — rely on a real human copyeditor with a deep (and evolving) knowledge of style guides to catch errors and recommend better phrasing.
One more thing: As LLMs (that’s Large Language Models — the specific type of ‘AI’ that produces text — think ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini) become more commonly used to produce copy, readers and consumers become sharper-eyed at identifying text generated by an LLM.
That’s why I offer holistic copyediting that humanizes the voice of copy written in collaboration with AI.