Is ChatGPT eating the jobs of the public? Copywriters’ membership organization American Writers and Artists Institute, founded in 1992, sensed a sea change in the industry in December.
ChatGPT, a “large language model” that can sift through the web for answers to questions and to carry out tasks on command, has just released its latest version. Its capabilities were astounding, and squarely within the purview of those who create content for a living, such as advertising copywriters and bloggers.
The Horror Of ChatGPT
Institute president Rebecca Matter reacted horrifically, saying, “They’re horrified.” She rushed to host a webinar about the risks and benefits of emerging AI technology over the winter break. She said that over 3,000 people had signed up and that the message was both cautious and encouraging: writers could use ChatGPT to speed up their work and advance to more senior positions in content planning and SEO.
Ms. Matter predicted that this would reduce the number of quick-and-dirty copy projects. But I believe there will be more chances for things like strategy as a result.
How ChatGPT Is Wiping Out Jobs Of Public
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is the most recent development in a line of innovations that have the potential to revolutionize many careers while wiping out others, sometimes simultaneously. It is too soon to assess the overall effect on labor demand and productivity or to determine who will benefit and who will suffer. The impact of AI on the workplace, however, is likely to be quite distinct from that of previous technological revolutions.
One potential benefit of tools like ChatGPT is that they can supplement human efforts rather than take them over. However, not all employees are optimistic about the consequences.
Katie Brown works as a grant writer for a small domestic violence organization in the Chicago suburbs. A professional organization for grant writers advocated using AI software that would automatically complete portions of an application, leaving the human to merely polish it before submission, which shocked her in early February.
Grantable, built on the same technology as ChatGPT, targets independent contractors who bill on a “applications used” basis for their services. She saw that as a clear danger to future prospects in the field.
Companies Profiting Due To ChatGPT
Many companies have had AI and ML systems running in the background for years, aiding in tasks such as evaluating large numbers of decision options and better matching supply with demand. Numerous technological developments over the centuries have reduced the need for certain types of workers, but the number of new jobs created has always exceeded the number of jobs lost.
Since he began using ChatGPT to brainstorm topics for blog posts, Guillermo Rubio’s role as a copywriter has evolved significantly.
However, ChatGPT is the first to directly challenge such a wide variety of white-collar workers and to be so approachable that people could use it in their own workplaces. And a new edition was just released this month, so it’s rapidly evolving for the better. ZipRecruiter surveyed job-seekers after the release of ChatGPT and found that 62% of respondents were worried that AI would put their careers at risk.
An exciting new era. AI-powered chatbots are on the rise, and this has sparked a race to ascertain whether or not they will disrupt the internet economy, making today’s giants obsolete and giving rise to tomorrow’s.
Debut Of The Job Eater
ChatGPT. Since its debut in November, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence language model, has been making headlines for its impressive ability to answer complex questions, compose poetry, generate code, arrange vacations, and translate languages. As of March’s midpoint, GPT-4 can react to visual stimuli.
Bing. Microsoft, OpenAI’s primary investor, and partner added a chatbot to its Bing internet search engine two months after the launch of ChatGPT that was also capable of having open-ended text conversations on virtually any topic. However, much of the attention that followed the bot’s release focused on its occasionally incorrect, misleading, and bizarre responses.
Googles Chatbot Entered The Game
Bard. Bard, Google’s chatbot, was released in March to a small number of users in the US and UK. Initially conceived as a tool for drafting creative pieces like emails and poems, it can generate ideas, write blog posts, and answer questions with either factual or subjective responses.
Ernie. In March, Chinese search engine giant Baidu introduced ChatGPT’s first serious competitor. The “live” demonstration of Ernie, short for Enhanced Representation through Knowledge Integration, turned out to be recorded, leading to a negative reception of the bot’s public debut.
What Did The White House Say
A report commissioned by the White House found after researching the potential consequences of artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT. Worker dislocation is “the primary risk of A.I. to the workforce,” the authors wrote, “whether workers find that their jobs are newly automated or the job design has fundamentally changed.”
Guillermo Rubio’s work as a copywriter has evolved significantly since he began using ChatGPT to brainstorm topics for blog posts, draft newsletters, come up with hundreds of variations on stock advertising copy, and access relevant information for potential white paper topics.
The tool has only allowed him to work less since he charges his clients the same amount. But if the going rate for copy drops, which it might as technology advances, he is confident he can expand into content strategy consulting in addition to production.
The effects of automation on the labor force have been studied for decades, and researchers have learned a great deal. Since 1980, technology has played a primary role in amplifying income inequality, according to research by economists such as Daron Acemoglu of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The bargaining power of workers without college degrees has decreased as labor unions have atrophied, leaving fewer resources for training and retraining.
However, since ChatGPT was first introduced three months ago, there has been a flurry of research based on the premise that this isn’t your typical robot.
Based on a model tweaked for generative language tools, one group of researchers conducted an analysis revealing the sectors and professions most at risk from AI. Humanities professors, attorneys, insurance agents, and telemarketers topped the list of the most annoying professions. However, simple familiarity does not reveal whether the technology will replace or supplement human labor.
Final Thoughts On ChatGPT
The initial study also revealed that the least experienced workers benefited the most from ChatGPT and Copilot. If true, this could reduce the potential for artificial intelligence to exacerbate existing inequalities.
Conversely, the number of people needed to accomplish a set of tasks decreases as individual productivity rises. The demand for the service provided and the potential for new jobs to be created in helping to manage and direct the A.I. will determine whether or not this results in fewer jobs in specific industries. Those who dabble with ChatGPT for a while can already list “prompt engineering,” for instance, as a marketable skill.
Since there appears to be an inexhaustible requirement for software code and developer salaries are incredibly high, rising productivity is unlikely to close doors to enter into the field.
Dominic Russo, whose job it is to write appeals to healthcare benefit management teams and insurance firms when they dismiss prescription medications for expensive drugs, is confident that this is not the case. After working as a journalist in college, he went straight into the field and has been working there for the past seven years, learning everything he knows from experience.
After ChatGPT was released, he had it draft a letter requesting the costly drug Otezla on the representative of someone with psoriasis. The end product was nearly perfect, requiring only minor tweaks before submission.
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