- Employees at small publications say AI-powered tools are making their jobs harder.
- A magazine editor told CNN that his team is having trouble reviewing the plethora of AI-generated articles.
- Neil Clark said publishers should temporarily close submission forms.
Employees at smaller science fiction and fantasy publications say new AI-powered tools are making their jobs harder.
Neil Clark, editor and publisher of Clarks World magazine, often uses these to write poor quality articles and send them to publications for review. told CNN. He said the team’s workload has nearly doubled and they’re struggling to review a stream of “consistently bad” AI-generated content.
AI tools are prized for their ability to generate human-like text, and are often seen by some bosses as a way to improve productivity. But that increased usage has caused headaches for Clark, who told CNN his publication had to temporarily close the submission form to deal with the resulting influx of submissions.
Many companies are already working to incorporate this technology into their daily workflows. For example, AT&T uses ChatGPT-based tools to help coders and software developers work, and to translate documents for customers and employees.
For the job of writing for an audience, tools that allow the rapid creation of relatively well-written text are cited as potential threats.
This is the case, for example, with some copywriters who claim to have lost their jobs due to the rise of AI-powered chatbots.When it comes to journalism, AI is potential threat to Some believe it can be used as a tool to help themselves, not just reporters and editors.
However, AI-powered tools have various problems, such as their tendency to fabricate facts or “hallucinate”. The technology publication CNET was forced to issue a series of corrections on several points. Article after discovering the error In an AI-generated article.