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SUMMARY:Your Story in A(I) Nutshell - With Deon Opperman (Part 1)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_button button_color=”color-143410″ custom_typo=”yes” font_family=”font-204663″ font_weight=”800″ border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fq%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fstream.meet.google.com%2Fstream%2Ff4897303-f316-4f5f-abdd-0764a2a0e146%26sa%3DD%26source%3Dcalendar%26ust%3D1745315723817005%26usg%3DAOvVaw3MngnLpwsvJ6rk8tbE4LMq|target:_blank” button_color_type=”uncode-palette” uncode_shortcode_id=”146835″]WATCH LIVESTREAM[/vc_button][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”137606″] \n– ONLINE COURSE – \nAward-winning South African writer Deon Opperman presents writer-AI collaboration techniques for amplifying your storytelling skills. \nWRITER-AI COLLABORATION \nThe science fiction visionary\, Werner Vinge\, referred to human-AI collaboration as ‘intelligence amplification’ and ‘merging of competencies’ – the combining of human intuition and skills with the encyclopaedic knowledge base and generative power of AI. \nBut even in the coming age of superhuman artificial intelligence\, no artificial intelligence engine will be able to tell the specific story that you want to tell\, for the simple reason that it cannot see the world through your eyes. \nHowever\, what collaboration with a skilfully guided and directed AI can do is amplify your creative output like never before in the history of humankind. \nOUTLINE\n4 Online Sessions (Google Meet) Fridays 9 – 30 May\n10h00 – 12h00\nFree and open to all Open Window students and staff\nLimited seats – REGISTER HERE\n\nPRESENTED BY:\nDeon Opperman\nB.A. (Rhodes)\, B.A. Hons. (U.C.T.)\nM.A. (Northwestern\, Chicago)\nM.B.A. (Wits) \nWHO IS THIS COURSE FOR? \nIf you want an AI to do all your writing for you\, this course is not for you.\nBut if your goal is to: \n\nexpand your skillset for crafting plot and character;\nmaster writer-focused collaboration with an AI;\noptimise AI responses to serve the story that you  want to tell;\nraise your own storytelling to a new level\,then read on…\n\nWHAT YOU’LL LEARN \nBy the end of the course you will have: \n\nexpanded your plot and character development skillset\nincorporated those skills into structured\, writer-focused prompts;\nconceptualised the seed idea for a story;\ncollaborated with an AI to develop your seed idea into a detailed Nutshell Outline;\nincorporated all the techniques you have learned into a customised AI assistant (CustomGPT or Claude Project) for the efficient writer-AI development of your future stories.The Nutshell Outline captures the primary characters and essential core action of the plot\, and serves as the story concept for a fully-fledged outline/synopsis.\n\nREQUIREMENTS \nYou must be an Open Window student or staff member\nA passion for storytelling\nA mind open to new ideas\nAccess to a large-language model AI platform (e.g. ChatGPT 4\, Claude 3.5 Sonnet\, Gemini 2.0) \n[/vc_column_text][vc_button button_color=”color-143410″ custom_typo=”yes” font_family=”font-204663″ font_weight=”800″ border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fq%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fstream.meet.google.com%2Fstream%2Ff4897303-f316-4f5f-abdd-0764a2a0e146%26sa%3DD%26source%3Dcalendar%26ust%3D1745315723817005%26usg%3DAOvVaw3MngnLpwsvJ6rk8tbE4LMq|target:_blank” button_color_type=”uncode-palette” uncode_shortcode_id=”519269″]WATCH LIVESTREAM[/vc_button][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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