Day 9: AI for writing

Today's idea

Imagine someone in your neighbourhood who is used to writing lots of applications and letters. When you go to them, they arrange the structure and polish the wording nicely. But your name, your address, and the real reason you're writing — you have to tell them yourself, or they might write something wrong. AI is a bit like that kind of writing helper.

With AI you can easily draft a leave request, a complaint letter, an important work email, or a serious message to someone. You just have to explain your situation clearly — who you're writing to, why, and what result you want.

AI is a great help in another way too — if you've written something yourself but feel the wording needs to be a bit tidier and more polite, you can have AI fix it. The main point is still yours; only the way it's said becomes clearer.

But always remember one thing — before you send what AI writes, read all of it yourself. Check that things like names, dates and addresses are right, and that the text really says what is true for you.

Try it yourself Time: 3 minutes

1. 1.Open the Gemini or ChatGPT app.
2. 2.Pick a useful piece of writing from your real life — it could be a leave request. Write it like this:

   Delete the part inside the square brackets [ ] and put in your own details.

   I want to tell my workplace/school/organisation that I'd like to take [number of days] of leave for [write your reason]. Please write a polite, well-organised leave request for this.

   Copy
3. 3.When you get the draft, read all of it. Put your own name, the date and the reason in the right places, and only then send or hand it in.