THE THREAT FROM AI

[wordsmithseoservice]

As a content writer, I now feel insecure about my work as there are plenty of AI models out there performing writing tasks within seconds. what do you guys think about it? Will it really take over the whole content writing industry?

 

[Topiano]

I assure you , it will.

But not just the content writting industry.

 

[wordsmithseoservice]

I assure you , it will.

But not just the content writting industry.

That's scary dude. Who else do you think will lose their work because of this? Some people have already lost but what types of employees are on the line next?

 

[RhebaReaux]

I think this is like asking: will the word processor affect clerical services?
Yes, and no. Yes, AI can perform tasks in seconds, so, yes, it will impact writers. No, it isn't necessarily something to fear if you embrace it. Just imagine the volume of quality content can be created at speed, if you use AI to create first drafts. As a writer, you can use your skills to perfect the rather dull and mechanical output from ChatGPT and all the others. AI cannot, at present, write with your unique voice - this is for you to do.
Ultimately, I suspect AI will be one of those incredibly useful tools - like someone sitting next to you saying - here are my ideas - now go away and express them in your own way.
But maybe I'm seeing the glass half full.

 

[hwaback]

Many jobs are already disappearing due to artificial intelligence. The proportion of ai robots in factories and warehouses in Korea is increasing. This is Korea.

 

[warriorsam53]

You could start offering your services as an editor. Lot's of people (including me) use an editor to fact check AI content, check for repetition etc.

A huge problem that needs to be resolved with AI content is the accuracy of information. Once that's done, AI will be able to produce better content than most writers.

 

[VAT]

Content writers who write under brand/authority will be sought after the A.I boom. For example, article written by medical professionals and people with masters or PhD in the niche they're writing in. If you're a ghost writer, then you probably have 1-2 years before A.I article generation becomes impeccable and completely decimates your industry.

 

[wordsmithseoservice]

I think this is like asking: will the word processor affect clerical services?
Yes, and no. Yes, AI can perform tasks in seconds, so, yes, it will impact writers. No, it isn't necessarily something to fear if you embrace it. Just imagine the volume of quality content can be created at speed, if you use AI to create first drafts. As a writer, you can use your skills to perfect the rather dull and mechanical output from ChatGPT and all the others. AI cannot, at present, write with your unique voice - this is for you to do.
Ultimately, I suspect AI will be one of those incredibly useful tools - like someone sitting next to you saying - here are my ideas - now go away and express them in your own way.
But maybe I'm seeing the glass half full.

what about the tech companies firing employees like throwing out garbage from the room?

You could start offering your services as an editor. Lot's of people (including me) use an editor to fact check AI content, check for repetition etc.

A huge problem that needs to be resolved with AI content is the accuracy of information. Once that's done, AI will be able to produce better content than most writers.

yes, that's true!! for now, that's a blank in the AI but as soon as it is resolved, writers will be unemployed

 

[warriorsam53]

AI cannot, at present, write with your unique voice - this is for you to do.

It most definitely can if you train it. Yes it takes some time and money to train it. But you can train it to write like whoever you want.

 

[wordsmithseoservice]

Content writers who write under brand/authority will be sought after the A.I boom. For example, article written by medical professionals and people with masters or PhD in the niche they're writing in. If you're a ghost writer, then you probably have 1-2 years before A.I article generation becomes impeccable and completely decimates your industry.

then what's the best to work in after the next 2 years when most of the writers like the ones I've hired will lose their jobs?

 

[WPRipper]

Try a diff point of view. How many business owners do you think have time to use these tools? Only a few. How many of them can generate high-quality content? Even fewer.

I am talking about real entrepreneurs, not wannabes.

 

[wordsmithseoservice]

It most definitely can if you train it. Yes it takes some time and money to train it. But you can train it to write like whoever you want.

that's what most of the writers are scared of

 

[warriorsam53]

that's what most of the writers are scared of

Yes, I understand. If I was a writer, I would start improving my research skills to do real, in-depth research.

Let's be honest. Most writers (especially the low-mid range ones) just use the first page of Google for their research. This sort of "research" can be easily automated in half an hour using Python. I can scrape all the articles on page 1, extract all the concepts, ideas and information and get AI to write an article using all the info from the sites on page 1.

There's real value in having unique and valuable data that is not already published. That's what I would focus on.

 

[Ashk881]

As a content writer, I now feel insecure about my work as there are plenty of AI models out there performing writing tasks within seconds. what do you guys think about it? Will it really take over the whole content writing industry?

How scared you should be depends on the kind of content writing you are doing right now.

If all you do is rehash and rewrite existing information in your words and don't really bring new facts or research, you should be a bit scared. Those things can be done by these models at scale.

If you do original research work for example, and write stuff like say News articles or in-depth analysis reports etc, you really have nothing to be scared about.

Also, people here are overestimating the threat by an order of magnitude or more. We SEOs, tech and marketing folks are a loud minority. In reality, only a few businesses have the resources to exploit these models and even they haven't taken out humans out of the loop (they still need people who do the editing,propf-reading,verifying etc).

A real extent of the threat can only be estimated after 2-3 years when adoption has grown. Until then, you can only wait and get new skills. As others have said, invest your time into learning how to do original research, come with actually new ideas (rehashing content from Google searches is not "original content") and improving long-form content.

 

[Commoner]

Continue to innovate, no AI-generated content can replace humans though…

 

[Deleted member 1013995]

Yes, I understand. If I was a writer, I would start improving my research skills to do real, in-depth research.

Let's be honest. Most writers (especially the low-mid range ones) just use the first page of Google for their research. This sort of "research" can be easily automated in half an hour using Python. I can scrape all the articles on page 1, extract all the concepts, ideas and information and get AI to write an article using all the info from the sites on page 1.

There's real value in having unique and valuable data that is not already published. That's what I would focus on.

Most scientific magazines have very low clicks comparing to the pop-science blogs. Yes, humans can do real science and write papers, but how many people actually want to read that? People want to read the easy stuff that even AI can produce now. Maybe chatgpt talks like an idiot because they fed it data liked by the average person.

 

[warriorsam53]

Most scientific magazines have very low clicks comparing to the pop-science blogs. Yes, humans can do real science and write papers, but how many people actually want to read that? People want to read the easy stuff that even AI can produce now. Maybe chatgpt talks like an idiot because they fed it data liked by the average person.

You can always present the data from these sources in a more engaging and non research paper way.

 

[redrubies]

I wouldn't worry yet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/01/17/cnet-ai-articles-journalism-corrections/

 

[eXonyte]

There’s a lot to be said for character, humour, empathy, wit and the human touch that good writers possess. I can’t see AI ever matching that tbvh.

Cookie cutter content yeah sure - but great engaging content that people just can’t stop reading as it’s so interesting, I really don’t see it happening, at least not anytime soon!

 

[tubeboost]

You can take more orders and use AI as well.