Unbalanced labor market power is what makes technology—including AI—threatening to workers: The best “AI policy” to protect workers is boosting their bargaining position
www.epi.org
The root causes of sluggish wage growth for most workers are intentional policy decisions that have led to an extreme imbalance of power between employers and typical workers–technological advances, like AI, have little to do with this and are too frequently invoked as a distraction from these deeper problems.
  • Bored Stonerian@sopuli.xyz
    81·
    7 months ago

    If you’re a good writer, don’t let your skills atrophy while everyone’s distracted by AI, and start now setting up a brand or platform to offer your services, whether they be writing, editing, research, etc.

    After the AI bubble bursts and there’s still intellectual work to be done, you’ll be well-positioned to charge up the ass.

    • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
      32·
      7 months ago

      A good writer will be figuring out how to leverage this tech for themselves and make their own work more efficient and productive. Just like all the programmers are doing right now. AI is not going away. That is not an option. That’s like hoping the Internet “fad” goes away. Either prepare for it, or not and suffer for it, that’s the choice everybody is facing right now. Your colleagues are not going to not use a competitive advantage just because you won’t.

      • Bored Stonerian@sopuli.xyz
        3·
        7 months ago

        Good writers (good anythings, really) focus on honing their craft and tackling new challenges, not trying to figure out how to use a specific technology to do things they already know how to do, for the sole purpose of using that technology.

        Let me address this to everyone. If the person you’re hiring is asking themselves, “How can I use AI to . . ?” and not “Would AI even help me to . . . ?” then they’re wasting your time and money.