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I'm by no means a professional writer per se, but I've been paid for work that involves writing. Because of this, a version of ChatGPT that could do my writing for me would be helpful. In my admittedly half-hearted attempts, I've really struggled to recreate anything close to what I wrote.
I'm coming around to the idea that in general the more bullshit something is the easier it is for AI to disrupt.
Strongly agree. We should have "made the work worth doing" before, but it's even more imperative with LLMs on the scene. However, when will they be able to do work that is worth doing? GPT4? GPT5? There will be a point where we have to grapple with that.
So what do we do with all the middle class human bs generators today once a lot of pr, journalism, copy and marketing is replaced?
Enjoy them doing something productive (I hope)
To take an analogy: bad voice recognition software abounds everywhere, not because it is better than what it replaced in terms of UX, but because it works just enough and allows massive cost-savings on hiring people to do customer service jobs.
A world where most marketing copy is written by mediocre AI, and more and more written and visual content are generated by big models that are technically impressive but intellectually hollow is going to be one where the quality of everything sucks just a bit more, but it's so cheap that it becomes pervasive.
(This trend is already apparent and not created by, or limited to, ChatGPT.)
I'm coming around to the idea that in general the more bullshit something is the easier it is for AI to disrupt.
It is only a matter of time before ChatGPT learns how to ask: 1. What did you do yesterday? 2. What will you do today? 3. Any blockers?
1. titles of tickets moved within the past 24 hours
2. title of ticket in progress
3. No blockers right now
Strongly agree. We should have "made the work worth doing" before, but it's even more imperative with LLMs on the scene. However, when will they be able to do work that is worth doing? GPT4? GPT5? There will be a point where we have to grapple with that.
So what do we do with all the middle class human bs generators today once a lot of pr, journalism, copy and marketing is replaced?
Of course, this often does not happen for one of two reasons. First, society doesn't always choose the civilized answer; it often chooses to just marginalize the folks who just lost their jobs. Second, society often really wants to pick the thing they're teaching these people to do -- this is how you get people trying to teach coal miners how to code, despite coal miners being by and large uninterested in coding.
These are pretty real problems that we're already grappling with, but we're going to need to get very serious about it very soon. LLMs aren't the only reason why.
I'm coming around to the idea that in general the more bullshit something is the easier it is for AI to disrupt.
Hmmm, I suppose I'm interested in what you mean by bullshit. Just because AI makes something easier to do, doesn't mean the work is bullshit. Lots of research, composition, and communication work becomes much easier to do with an AI assist, but that doesn't mean the work is bullshit.
> in general
Earlier quoted context omitted.
So what do we do with all the middle class human bs generators today once a lot of pr, journalism, copy and marketing is replaced?
Good thing population is reducing, isn't it?
I'm less worried about stuff like ChatGPT killing things off, but more about just making everything noticeably a bit worse. To take an analogy: bad voice recognition software abounds everywhere, not because it is better than what it replaced in terms of UX, but because it works just enough and allows massive cost-savings on hiring people to do customer service jobs. A world where most marketing copy is written by med…
Drives me nuts as someone who likes using subtitles.