Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from August 29, 2025

Now that AI is around and Writing, What is the Fate of Content Writers?

The controversies attending the invention and adoption of technologies that do jobs faster and even better than human beings are age-long. The controversies have ostensibly manifested as debates at their best, and violent conflicts at their worst cases, e.g. the Luddite movement of 1811–1816, when English workers protested against the introduction of a new textile machine which they believed would take over their jobs. They went on rampage destroying the machines until government suppressed the movement with the army and harsh laws, especially that which made machine-breaking a capital offence. At a polar end is a school of thought that praises technological advancements as a boost to productivity and job opportunities. At the other end is another school of thought that frowns at the giant technological strides. The school contends that technological advancements engender robotization, and massive labour lay-offs. If you believe the former or the latter, you are right! Autor (2015 in K...