AI has cut my pay as a memoir writer in half | Letter
Using a large language model instead of me to write and then getting me to edit the result is a cynical way for my employer to cut my fee in half, says a freelance writer
In response to your article (‘Being human helps’: despite rise of AI is there still hope for Europe’s translators?, 8 May), I work freelance for a company that produces memoirs for its customers. I used to interview, then write. Now, I interview, a large language model writes, and I am paid half of my previous fee to edit the result.
It takes as long to edit the AI-generated text as it used to take me to write the memoir. There are several reasons for this.
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