When writing in a business setting, authors must be aware of how their word choice might affect the reader. Unconscious biases—discriminating and stereotyping based on factors such as race, gender, physical impairment, or age—are easy to eliminate with careful attention to the intended audience’s reaction to the text.
Revise the following sentences to reduce bias.
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“It’s not what you know. It’s who you know.”
That saying—which implies that contacts are more important than skills—has been passed down to job seekers through the decades and remains relevant to this day. While skills still play a huge part of succeeding in the workplace, contacts are the key to getting into the workplace.
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Given the prevalence of AI tools that can conduct many tasks formerly exclusive to humans, students, hirers, and academics are wondering about the future of education: why bother learning if AI can do the job?
It’s a valid point. AI can summarize, find facts (and make them up!) and synthesize huge amounts of data. So why go to the trouble of learning, applying concepts, becoming a competent writer, or memorizing facts?
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