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Writing for Humans vs Writing for AI: The New Skill Every Technical Writer Needs

  • Presentation
  • Content Creation & Editing
  • 11. November
  • 02:00 PM (CET) - 02:45 PM (CET)
  • Plenum 2
  • Rutva Safi

    Rutva Safi

    • GANTNER Electronics GmbH

Contents

Technical writers have always written for humans. But in 2026, documentation is no longer consumed only by people. It is consumed by AI systems; RAG pipelines, chatbot knowledge bases, and AI-powered Search assistants now consume the same content your users do; and they read very differently.

A well-crafted narrative that guides a human reader through a complex installation workflow may be completely invisible to a retrieval system scanning for discrete, verifiable facts. Metadata that human readers skip over is what AI depends on.

Drawing on a career spanning software development, QA, business analysis, and technical writing, this session explores writing for dual audiences; human and machine. It offers a practical framework for structural choices that serve both, identifies where their needs genuinely conflict, and provides a checklist for auditing existing documentation for AI readiness, without triggering a full content rewrite.

Takeaways

How AI systems read documentation differently from humans, which structural choices serve both audiences, and a practical checklist to audit existing content for AI readiness so AI Search shows accurate outcomes. 

Prior knowledge

Attendees should have at least 2–3 years of active technical writing experience and a basic familiarity with how AI tools are currently used in documentation workflows; for example, using AI assistants for drafting, editing, or content search. No engineering or machine learning background is required. The session does not assume knowledge of RAG systems or LLMs; all technical concepts are explained in documentation terms.

Speaker

Rutva Safi

Rutva Safi

  • GANTNER Electronics GmbH
Biography

Rutva Safi ist Senior Technical Writer bei GANTNER und verfügt über mehr als 11+ Jahre Berufserfahrung in den Bereichen Softwareentwicklung, Business- und Qualitätsanalyse, Technische Kommunikation, Content-Strategie und Digital Marketing. Dank ihres interdisziplinären Hintergrunds gelingt es ihr, komplexe technische Inhalte in klare, präzise und anwenderorientierte Dokumentation für Unternehmenssoftware, APIs, Cloud-Anwendungen und Wissensdatenbanken zu übersetzen.

Ihr besonderes Interesse gilt der Dokumentationsstrategie, der Developer Experience, dem KI-gestützten Authoring sowie der Entwicklung von Inhalten, die sowohl für Menschen als auch für KI-gestützte Systeme optimal nutzbar sind. In enger Zusammenarbeit mit interdisziplinären Teams entwickelt sie skalierbare Dokumentationslösungen, die Benutzerfreundlichkeit, Auffindbarkeit und langfristige Wartbarkeit verbessern und moderne Ansätze für Content Delivery und Wissensmanagement unterstützen.

Neben ihrer beruflichen Tätigkeit engagiert sich Rutva aktiv in der internationalen Community für Technische Kommunikation als Konferenzsprecherin, Mentorin und Podcast-Gast. Sie war bereits in Branchenpodcasts wie Crowdin und Document360 zu Gast und teilt dort praxisnahe Einblicke in Technische Dokumentation, Künstliche Intelligenz, Dokumentationsstrategien und Karriereentwicklung. Mit ihren Vorträgen fördert sie den fachlichen Austausch und unterstützt Technical Writer dabei, sich auf die sich wandelnde Rolle von KI in der Content-Erstellung vorzubereiten.

Rutva Safi is a Senior Technical Writer at GANTNER with over 11+ years of experience spanning software engineering, business and quality analysis, technical communication, content strategy, and digital marketing. Her multidisciplinary background enables her to transform complex technical concepts into clear, accurate, and user-centered documentation for enterprise software, APIs, cloud applications, and knowledge bases.

Rutva is passionate about documentation strategy, developer experience, AI-assisted authoring, and designing content that serves both people and AI-powered systems. She works closely with cross-functional teams to build scalable documentation that improves usability, discoverability, and long-term maintainability while supporting modern content delivery and knowledge management practices.

Beyond her professional role, Rutva actively contributes to the global technical communication community as an international conference speaker, mentor, and podcast guest. She has been featured on industry podcasts, including Crowdin and Document360, where she shares practical insights on technical writing, AI, documentation strategy, and career development. Through her speaking engagements, she enjoys exchanging ideas with fellow practitioners and helping technical communicators prepare for the evolving role of AI in content creation.

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