No. Writers who were hired as writers within companies are now being told, surprise, your job is now editing AI output. The jobs aren’t disappearing, they’re being shoved onto already employed writers, who didn’t sign up for that and in this market can’t get other work.
Game writers aren’t usually covered by writers unions in the United States, and companies based outside the U.S. can get away with going around unions because they’re foreign companies.
Definitely feels that way with translation jobs. The "We're looking for a candidate who's open minded who about the use of AI in translation" ads are now a tiny minority. The downside is that in-office jobs are making a comeback but, you know, baby steps. We'll get to the good place, eventually.
Oh I wrote down a few company names when this fad was at its height and posted it in a translator group chat a while back. I hope no one ever works for them again.
Of course not! I only hate companies for being so greedy and filthy and making shortsighted decisions that I hope they get run the fuck out of dodge for, not for working folks who just need a living wage. I would apply myself but my ego gets in the way and I get infuriated all over again
If I had stupid money instead of hiring a band to follow me around and play a soundtrack throughout my day I'd pay you to write on the fly. Man, I'll bet you could make my daily walks in the park SHINE! Ooh, maybe some light investigative journalism on all the childhood stuff I trauma blocked.
I heard that at outlier a lot of scammers set up bots to generate "content," make a quick $80 x however often they could pull it off before getting booted. and overloaded the systems with garbage. No idea if that's 100% but it's funny!
Guessing the smarter editors and writers gave those job a 🖕🏻
Or, thinking about how many folks are out of work, they filled them quickly.
Really hoping it’s the first option.
