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Re: Lost all my content writing contracts. Feeling hopeless as an author

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Post by ofalkaed »

Being replaced by technology should give an author a wealth to write about, especially in a time when fears of being replaced by technology is a major topic, AI lacks this simple human connection and will likely always lack it which offers a wonderful possibility for the writer, a world in which AI is being replaced by humans.

Re: Lost all my content writing contracts. Feeling hopeless as an author

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Post by gregjor »

Based on the LLM-produced stuff I've seen online I have to think a market will emerge soon for real writing from actual people. How much reshuffling of stuff already written a hundred times can we put up with? The bar seems pretty low if you only have to compete with ChatGPT.

Re: Lost all my content writing contracts. Feeling hopeless as an author

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Post by ofalkaed »

gregjor wrote: post #4

Based on the LLM-produced stuff I've seen online I have to think a market will emerge soon for real writing from actual people. How much reshuffling of stuff already written a hundred times can we put up with? The bar seems pretty low if you only have to compete with ChatGPT.

>I have to think a market will emerge soon for real writing from actual people

That market already exists and has existed for quite some time, you make it sound like literature has always been an AI dominated market and salt of the earth people are finally about to get their chance. I assume this is not what you meant and that I am missing something or possibly you know something that I don't and my perception of reality is fundamentally flawed. The latter is more fun but I suspect the former to be more accurate.

More to the point, I think there is a good sized market out there for AI writing, many who are into technology are going to want to read what AI can produce; this will take some writing away from people but it will be minor and most of the writing jobs which AI will take are those that the bulk of writers complain about, those jobs they say destroy their souls and rob them of their artistic freedom, the contract jobs.

Re: Lost all my content writing contracts. Feeling hopeless as an author

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Post by avereveard »

I feel for him. Being in a knowledge heavy industry, I'm probably in the next round, when they will come for jobs that are extractive and not just generative.

that said, ai is still a lousy writer. I've tried to use it to generate stories, and they tend to always repeat the same themes and the same tropes, unless you jump in and provide a compelling skeleton for characters and plot or you spend a lot of time generating options and picking the best.

I don't know however if that is enough to make a job out of it because it's a skill that's quite easy to learn.

Re: Lost all my content writing contracts. Feeling hopeless as an author

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Post by xg15 »

gregjor wrote: post #4

Based on the LLM-produced stuff I've seen online I have to think a market will emerge soon for real writing from actual people. How much reshuffling of stuff already written a hundred times can we put up with? The bar seems pretty low if you only have to compete with ChatGPT.

> How much reshuffling of stuff already written a hundred times can we put up with?

I mean, if you look at the barrage of reboots, franchise installments and "memberberry" sequels that make up the bulk of cinema blockbusters...

Re: Lost all my content writing contracts. Feeling hopeless as an author

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Post by xg15 »

ofalkaed wrote: post #3

Being replaced by technology should give an author a wealth to write about, especially in a time when fears of being replaced by technology is a major topic, AI lacks this simple human connection and will likely always lack it which offers a wonderful possibility for the writer, a world in which AI is being replaced by humans.

"Hey ChatGPT, write an autobiography of an author who got replaced by ChatGPT. Use first-person perspective. Write in the style of "
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