Team Roles & Rhetorical Intelligence in Human-Machine Writing

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 human-machine 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.