"I didn't get rich or win literary awards, but I did learn how to write a clean sentence, convey information in a logical sequence, and modulate my tone for the intended audience-skills that I use daily in my current work in screenwriting, film editing, and corporate communications. Just as important, the job paid my bills while I found my way in the entertainment industry."
"Artificial intelligence has rendered my first job obsolete. Today, if you want to learn "How to Become a Hip Hop Music Producer," you can just ask ChatGPT. AI is also displacing the humans doing many of my subsequent jobs: writing promotional copy for tourism boards, drafting questions for low-budget documentaries, offering script notes on student films. Today, a cursory search for writing jobs on LinkedIn pulls up a number of positions that involve not producing copy but training AI models to sound more human."
An early paid writing job involved expanding banal how-to pieces and taught clear sentence construction, logical sequencing, and tone modulation useful in screenwriting, editing, and communications. The job provided income while transitioning into entertainment. Artificial intelligence now automates many entry-level writing tasks and displaces roles such as promotional copywriting, research questions, and script notes. Job listings increasingly seek people to train AI rather than produce original copy. Eliminating apprenticeship positions threatens the pipeline for developing artists and may concentrate opportunities among well-connected individuals, risking a cultural landscape dominated by nepotism and algorithmic content.
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