When I became freelance, one of my first marketing contracts was fixing my boss’ blog posts and articles that he had ‘written’ with ChatGPT.
It was the single most soul-sucking task I have ever done in my life. I could have ghostwritten it for them faster than it took me to edit it.
ChatGPT would often hallucinate features of the product, and often required more fact-checking than the article was worth.
It is absolutely no surprise that 77% of employees report that AI has increased workloads and lowered productivity, while 96% of executives believe it has boosted it.
The reality is that it’s only boosted the amount of work employees have to do which leads to increased burnout, stress and job dissatisfaction.
In the words of Cory Doctorow, AI can’t do your job, but AI salesmen can convince your boss that AI can do your job.
(via hockpock)