What happens when you ask AI to write your Christmas newsletter…
Last Updated on 19 December 2024
If you’re signed up to my monthly newsletter you’ll know that I try to pick topical issues for freelancers, including links to useful blogs and sites.
I was going to blog about AI this month, putting a link in the December edition of the newsletter.
Instead I asked ChatGPT to write the newsletter for me!
You can see the result (with my critique) here >
Below is my original prompt to ChatGPT. It took me five minutes to write the prompt, and less than ten seconds for ChatGPT to write it.
Let me know what you think of the result.
And have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
David’s prompt to ChatGPT
Write a monthly newsletter for December, in British English, with a similar style and format to this example:
The introduction should be friendly and personal, wishing people a Merry Christmas and successful and peaceful 2025. The introduction should be maximum 150 words. With each sentence as a separate paragraph.
There should be two further topic-related sections. The first of these sections should be a 150 word summary about recent developments in AI and what it means for the creative industries. Please reference these three articles and credit the authors:
https://www.writing-skills.com/what-if-your-employer-has-banned-chatgpt
https://www.techfinitive.com/features/chatgpt-is-going-to-change-the-world
The second section should be advertising two Setting up as a Sole Trader training courses, one on 27th January 2025 and the other on Tuesday 25th February 2025. Include a link to this booking page:
https://davidthomasmedia.com/training-courses/
Please suggest a copyright-free thumbnail image for each of the two sections.
Do not use the term ‘happy holidays’, as this is American English and I find it annoying.
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Posted on 19 December 2024
