AI has cut my pay as a memoir writer in half | Letter

Using a large language model instead of me to write and then getting me to edit the result is a cynical way for my employer to cut my fee in half, says a freelance writer In response to your article ( ‘Being human helps’: despite rise of AI is there still hope for Europe’s translators?, 8 May ), I work freelance for a company that produces memoirs for its customers. I used to interview, then write. Now, I interview, a large language model writes, and I am paid half of my previous fee to edit the result. It takes as long to edit the AI-generated text as it used to take me to write the memoir. There are several reasons for this. Continue reading...