The Emerging Picture of a Changed Profession: Cyborg Technical Writers — Augmented, Not Replaced, by AI

About this episode

Tom Johnson discusses the cyborg model of technical writing, emphasizing how AI augments rather than replaces tech writers.

I recently gave a presentation to students and faculty in person at Louisiana Tech University on March 30, 2026, focusing on what I call the cyborg model of technical writing. The idea is that the emerging model for tech writing isn't one in which AI replaces tech writers but rather one in which AI augments tech writers. Tech writers interact with AI in a continuous back-and-forth, conversational, iterative manner. This post contains the recording, slides, transcript, summary, notes, and more from my presentation.

People in this episode

Host: Tom Johnson

Topics covered

• cyborg model
• technical writing
• AI augmentation
• education
• presentation

Keywords

• cyborg technical writers
• AI in writing
• tech writing
• augmented reality
• presentation

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Organizations: Louisiana Tech University

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