It took a minute (My take on AI)
It took a minute
(My take on AI)
By: Georgi Bohrod Gordon
So, here’s the thing. For the past year we’ve been discussing the advent of A.I. at a very high level. What will it mean?
How will it affect us? Haven’t we been going in the direction of Artificial Intelligence since Spellcheck? And to be honest, I’m basically AI-Curious. I’ve flirted with questions and answers, requested recipes using specific ingredients, made press release outlines and product descriptions. Some of the quality is frankly pretty decent. A tweak here and there and there again you can make a robotic dialogue human. But every time you humanize the verbiage a bit more, those sneaky little intelligent beings learn more themselves. So, I’ve blathered about how A.I. will affect writers in various sectors.
Recently a client replaced me with A.I. / in-house combo. Of course, it makes total sense. But now I am totally aware how quickly the trend is moving. To prove the point, I asked (of course) ChatGPT for information about that subject. And this is what she/he/it/they/them said:
The introduction of ChatGPT and other AI-driven tools has influenced the freelance writing market, resulting in a decline in job opportuniti4es and pay for freelance writers. Studies indicate a 2% reduction in writing jobs and a 5.2% decrease in earning on major free lance platforms after the emergence of Chat GPT. Freelance writers need to be aware of the impact of AI content generators like ChatGPT on their earning capabilities. This shift raises concerns about the changing dynamics and competition between human writers and AI in the freelance writing industry.
Although my professional career has morphed and my small company provides numerous marketing communications services to our select client list, writing is in my DNA. When I heard the reasons my services were no longer needed, the answer was first A.I. One day I was writing on an IBM Selectric and the next minute machines were taking over. It happened to me. And I am not surprised.
