ChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners.
In this WaPo story, Olivia and Eric are just two early casualties of the ChatGPT revolution that’s coming for writing jobs. Today, companies that are ok settling for lower quality writing will rely on ChatGPT and other AI tools vs pay an hourly rate for slower, albeit higher quality, human writing.
And I feel for anyone who loses their job. But let’s 1) not denigrate walking dogs and fixing ACs, and 2) take these anecdotes as a Sign of Things To Come. Because if your job today is writing – your job’s days are numbered.
As Olivia in this story succinctly and eloquently puts it: “People are looking for the cheapest solution, and that’s not a person — that’s a robot.”
Writers – know your enemy. Keep writing while building those skills that AI can’t (yet) match.