The first thought many people would have is this: “If artificial intelligence today can create an article in milliseconds, then the answer is very simple: writers will disappear…”
There are many ways to approach this topic. One possible way is to write from an economic perspective. Another is to write from a philosophical one. While the economic perspective tends to attract more attention (“The cost of hiring a writer vs. the cost of using Artificial Intelligence”), the philosophical perspective is deeper (“The true importance of writers”) and also helps us better understand the economy. That’s why I will begin from the philosophical point of view.
In order to feel, humans want to read from other humans.
Fortunately, the claim at the beginning of the article is completely wrong. I am convinced that there will never be a moment in human history, no matter how advanced it becomes, in which writers will be rendered superfluous. To begin with, every human being, as a sentient being, can only truly feel something when reading something written by another sentient being. One might object that if AI can imitate humans so well, then it could also write texts that move people’s emotions. It’s a good argument, but as soon as someone knows that a text was written by AI, they will no longer want to read it.
Here is a simple argument to support this. Although humans differ depending on their cultures, languages, and ideologies, let us take the topic of love —the most cliché topic that exists— as an example. Every human being knows what love is, or at least has a notion of it. Someone with a broken heart will not want to read a love story written by AI —no matter how well written it is— but rather a real love story written by a real person. That is the essence of being human: to feel.
Writers are critical, and criticism is necessary for society.
Leaving love aside, there is another very strong argument that defends the importance of writers. No matter how advanced AI becomes, it is very unlikely that it will ever be 100% critical. AI is trained to fulfill a specific function. Being critical is something innate to human beings, and that capacity arises from the fusion of intellectual abilities with emotions and feelings. Humanity needs writers because true writers are always pointing out the big and small issues of humanity, posing questions that no one dares to ask, or searching for answers to those questions.
I could write about more arguments, but for me these two are more than enough. Human beings need to read texts written by other humans because it is part of what it means to feel. And being critical of the world and of all possible topics is an intrinsic quality of writers. Therefore, AI will never be able to replace writers. Now I can move on to the economic perspective.
The tasks which will be probably will be done by AI
There are many jobs and tasks that involve writing. If this type of writing does not need to move emotions or feelings, and does not require analyzing a topic in great complexity, then the probability that AI will replace these jobs and perform these tasks with the same effectiveness —or even greater— is very high. Here are some examples of tasks that do not necessarily need to be done by humans: text summaries, data reports, text translations, etc. AI will probably be able to perform these tasks very soon and in milliseconds.
The following articles will deal with consulting, science, and programming, to simply connect these fields with writing. Companies will no longer have to pay thousands of dollars for reports, scientists will no longer have to spend days or weeks writing academic papers —although the discussion section will probably always be something they must do themselves—, and programmers will not have to write documentation for their code. As long as AI has access to the basic data —data that should be collected properly throughout projects— it will be able to generate reports, papers, and documentation in a matter of seconds.
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