Writing with a Bot: I’m Pretty Sure I Wrote Most of This
Indisputably blog (April 6, 2025).
This blog post recounts how I collaborate with RPS Coach in my writing process. We engage in a back-and-forth exchange – I provide drafts and ideas, and RPS Coach responds with suggestions, rewrites, and new insights. It doesn’t just summarize – it generates text in my voice. Sometimes it comes up with ideas I hadn’t considered and expresses them more clearly than I would have. Ultimately, I remain the author and have the final say about what to include or omit.
Using AI to Improve Your Writing (Without Losing Your Voice)
Indisputably blog (April 8, 2025).
This post explains how RPS Coach can enhance writing across formats, from emails to articles to books. It can clarify writers’ thinking, refine their language, and maintain their authentic voice. It also helps them write faster by generating usable drafts and maintaining momentum when they are stuck. It encourages writers to create a personal style guide that RPS Coach can apply to future projects.
Training Humanoids to Use Good Dispute Resolution Language
SSRN (June 26, 2025), 2 pages.
This satirical essay spotlights misleading, entrenched terminology in the dispute resolution field, especially in legal and academic settings. Using metaphors of humanoids, bots, and malware, it critiques outdated jargon such as “facilitative” and “evaluative” mediation. It proposes clearer alternatives grounded in Real Practice Systems Theory. It describes efforts to train AI tools like RPS Coach to model better language and gently steer human users toward clearer thinking and better decision-making.
How AI Can Help Mediators Say What They Really Mean
2026 Journal of Dispute Resolution (2026), 25 pages.
This article critiques the widespread use of the terms “facilitative” and “evaluative” to describe mediation techniques. Despite their popularity in scholarship and practice, these labels are inconsistently defined, frequently misunderstood, and fundamentally flawed. Drawing on a survey of mediation experts, the article documents significant confusion about how professionals interpret these terms – and how they believe others interpret them. It builds on Len Riskin’s critique of the facilitative-evaluative framework, which shows that the language not only oversimplifies complex processes but also risks confusing parties and undermining informed decision-making. It proposes a behavioral vocabulary that reflects mediators’ values and describes their actions in plain language. It argues that AI tools, such as RPS Coach, can promote better communication by using clear terminology. It suggests that AI tools may be more effective than traditional reform efforts in promoting clearer language.