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		zeroonetwothree on Sept 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Terence Tao on O1 They get paid pretty low wages so it's not even clear that AIs will be cheaper. Consider also that you still need a human to evaluate their output, make adjustments, etc.

energy123 on Sept 15, 2024 [–]

Freelance writers are having a hard time:

https://www.reddit.com/r/freelanceWriters/comments/12ff5mw/i...

https://www.reddit.com/r/freelanceWriters/comments/17zms9f/w...

> "It pretty much has killed most small jobs in writing."

> "entry-level writing jobs have ceased to exist."

... There isn't an infinite amount of demand for commodity writing/art/music/vfx, and AI inference is pretty cheap and rapidly getting cheaper.

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