"I'd always reply no, usually with a cocky little anecdote about how I am a magazine writer who goes out into the world to tell stories, something that no computer will be able to do anytime soon. Even if you stick a chatbot on wheels and put a webcam on top, it's not going to be able to write a compelling magazine story, or even a blog like this one."
"But there is an outside force that I do worry about losing my job to: other writers who don't believe my job should exist. These people have always existed. Yellow journalism is not a new concept, and whole swathes of the modern media landscape effectively function as marketing and public relations departments for one industry or political cause or another. You can pay a TikTok influencer to say basically whatever you want to millions of people. As I've written before, the industry looks pretty cooked."
Generative AI cannot yet replicate immersive, on-the-ground magazine storytelling or the human reporting that produces compelling features. A more serious threat comes from writers and outlets that treat journalism as marketing or public relations, enabling paid narratives and yellow journalism to spread widely. Influencer-driven promotion can broadcast controlled messages to millions, weakening journalistic standards and public information quality. Despite these pressures, many magazines, newspapers, websites, and blogs continue to perform essential public-service journalism. New niche publications targeting startups and tech communities can fail to meet those standards and contribute to a degraded media ecosystem.
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