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title: "[Podcast] AI and APIs: What works, what doesn’t"
date: 2023-10-14
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# [Podcast] AI and APIs: What works, what doesn’t

> In conversations about AI, a lot of tech writers are asking what kind of scenarios is AI good for? What works, what doesn’t? In which scenarios? You may have read my responses to these questions before in previous posts, but this time I recorded a podcast with slides. In the podcast, I try to pull together these ideas into more of a narrative shape and flow. This podcast focuses on clarifying those scenarios where AI excels and where it doesn’t, particularly for technical writers creating documentation. I also argue for the inevitability of AI integration through an argument referred to as the 'obsolescence regime.'

## Video recording

[Video: YouTube video player](https://www.youtube.com/embed/cacDYvA5ZTI)

## Audio only

If you just want to listen to the audio only, here it is:

**Listen here:**

[Audio](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/podcasts/ai_and_apis.mp3)

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## Presentation description

Here’s the presentation title and description:

> **Using AI with API docs: What works, what doesn’t**
>
> In conversations about AI, a lot of tech writers are asking what kind of scenarios is AI good for? What works, what doesn’t? In which scenarios? This article focuses on clarifying those scenarios where AI excels and where it doesn’t, particularly for technical writers creating documentation. I also argue for the inevitability of AI integration through an argument referred to as the “obsolescence regime.”

## Slides

Or jump to the slides [here](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qk7QccovYHl1AOJw23aLbxUezl-0GuDlaBxmTIXFMhI/).

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## Text version

For a written version of this information, see this section in my API course: [AI and API docs: What works, what doesn’t](https://idratherbewriting.com/ai/docapis_ai_what_works_and_doesnt.html).