Nov 22, 2023
AI Companies Desperately Hiring Authors and Poets to Fix Their Crappy Writing
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: internet, robotics/AI
It’s an open secret that generative AI is terrible at coming up with original and creative writing.
In many ways, that’s to be expected, given its inherent nature — machine learning systems typically churn through the internet and remix what they’ve gobbled up, often in nonsensical or uninspiring ways.
To remedy the situation, some of Silicon Valley’s biggest AI companies are now resorting to hiring poets and writers with humanity degrees, Rest of World reports, which is an ironic twist, considering publishers have been laying off writers and editors while making big investments in generative AI.