Time is running out for humans: I was laid off, and my job was replaced by AI
Posted on AllSides August 12th, 2024
From The Right
How do I feel? I feel like being laid off is just the tip of the iceberg: Time is running out for humans in this economy. For the past three years, I wrote about self-development, relationships, and spirituality for a media organization with tens of millions of website clicks per month. The problem? AI can write faster and cheaper, and feed Google’s algorithms more adroitly, than my merely human mind and creativity. About a year ago, the company switched most of our writers to AI-assisted roles. In this capacity, they...