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> the first industries to fall were actually the more creative ones like writing and art have writing and art really fallen? aside from stupid SEO drivel writi
by twelve40 2y ago
> the first industries to fall were actually the more creative ones like writing and art
have writing and art really fallen? aside from stupid SEO drivel writing, that is
- 015a 2y agoOh nah, I just use that term incorrectly to mean, its likely someone somewhere has lost their job directly because of AI. I've heard a couple horror stories I'm biased toward believing about copywriting and e.g. video game concept art.
- thirdacc 2y agoThere's anecdotes [0] [1], surveys [2], analyses [3], direct statements from companies after layoffs (Duolingo and Klarna for example), a decrease in job postings and a decrease in freelance work. But HN just shrugs and says none of this counts because it's not hard empirical data (as if data about jobs was ever reliable). So let's just keep pretending everything's fine and tell the people who lost their jobs to stop gaslighting us. [0] - https://www.reddit.com/r/technicalwriting/comments/1fuz4m6/ai_took_my_job_now_what/ https://www.reddit.com/r/technicalwriting/comments/1fuz4m6/a... [1] - https://youtu.be/U2vq9LUbDGs https://youtu.be/U2vq9LUbDGs [2] - https://bloomberry.com/i-analyzed-5m-freelancing-jobs-to-see-what-jobs-are-being-replaced-by-ai/ https://bloomberry.com/i-analyzed-5m-freelancing-jobs-to-see... [3] - https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/20/business/ai-jobs-workers-replacing/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/20/business/ai-jobs-workers-repl...
- twelve40 2y agothanks for the links, always great to a see a well-referenced reply