LLMs for writing also suck. It might just be that the people using them don't value writing thst much.
LLMs for translation, on the other hand, are incredible. They are a game changer in immigration, where immigrants constantly need to read and write credible messages in a language they don't speak. They can't do certified translations for bureaucratic matters, but they are great for everything else, and much faster than hiring a translator.
> LLMs for writing also suck. It might just be that the people using them don't value writing thst much.
That may be true for the use-case of "write me a good story", as the viral "Wonka Experience in Glasgow" scripts showed. But for what I assume is the usual use case for UpWork copywriting jobs, I'm not so sure. A ton of these jobs are essentially low-value marketing copy for things like banner ads, social media marketing, SEO-targeted blog posts, etc. You may say LLMs suck at writing, but it's not exactly like the human-authored writing for these kind of tasks was on par with Hamlet. My guess is there isn't a huge quality delta between the types of writing ChatGPT replaced and the ChatGPT version, which would explain why people are so willing to use AI for this kind of writing in the first place.
I contrast that with image generation. Pretty much all AI-generated imagery still has a "feel" of being AI (I've complained elsewhere of a trend where I see every blog post these days having a gratuitous and usually dumb AI header image), so for the most part I've seen "pure AI" images in places that previously would have had no images at all, but places that require quality still have humans creating images (though I have no doubt they are now using AI tools).
They suck at writing something valuable. Sure, it can write the same blogspan as copywriters for a fraction of the cost, but most readers feel cheated when reading it. It has the same effect as AI generate images.
Now Google is specifically targeting this sort of content with its algorithm changes.
To be fair, a lot of the SEO optimized crap on the internet makes the reader feel cheated these days. I'm not too surprised if some sites have already started deploying such services as they gut out the remainder of their labor.
> That may be true for the use-case of "write me a good story"
It is absolutely terrible in that use-case. Unless you're generating sub 1000 word stories that all end with the theme of friendship, it's pretty useless and generic.
> A ton of these jobs are essentially low-value marketing copy for things like banner ads, social media marketing, SEO-targeted blog posts, etc.
An interesting aspect of LLMs today is that it seems to mainly replace the white-collar jobs that are basically were useless to human society anyway (but that workers need to do to in order to survive), or to put, "bullshit" jobs.
I don’t really think so. People were already starting to speak over private, non indexable channels (like discord) before AI blew up.
More and more people will just stop sharing meaningful creations in the open for fear of AI groups effectively stealing it for training data.
Eventually these AI groups will need to use more controlled or synthetic datasets, which will stall or destroy the progress these models have been making.
And then you permute some variables and you're able to sweep through the space of every voice that ever existed.... Hyperbole for the point I'm trying to make - We've essentially trained the Million Monkeys already.
> It might just be that the people using them don't value writing that much.
That's the trouble with genAI; their purveyors probably have lower standards than the artists they used to deal with, and we're stuck with the results.
We just vote with our wallets... sadly, social media is "free" and your wallet is simply your views instead of actual money. Transactions that frictionless naturally means the endgame for social media is the lowest common denominator.
Now for premium media I'm sure this is going to be "outsourcing 2.0" as companies try to overcorrect on minimizing labor and then rehiring back some/most of it when inevitably the consumer notices the quality of their products taking a nosedive. But it'll be a rough few years as that happens.
It's honestly the same for "incidental art" like blog post headings. It's just that pay less for worse (in terms of artistic merit) wasn't on offer before.
I think what this really points to is how important it is for AI and human to work together. Most people can write. Now, instead of hiring a writer, they can use ChatGPT to help them write. They know they will need to fine tune, edit, and be responsible for the finished product.
This doesn't apply to the more technical professions because people with those skills are not usually hiring someone on Upwork in the first place. And those are the only people available of using ChatGPT to do their jobs better.
LLMs for translation, on the other hand, are incredible. They are a game changer in immigration, where immigrants constantly need to read and write credible messages in a language they don't speak. They can't do certified translations for bureaucratic matters, but they are great for everything else, and much faster than hiring a translator.