"Some of her clients are all in on it, going so far as to build their own ChatGPT tools for her to use. Others are so paranoid that someone might think they've used AI that they make her edit her work so that it's extra clear that it's human. Nassar is a fan of the em dash - unfortunately, so is ChatGPT, so clients haggle with her over it."
"the general feeling I got was they think that while AI lowers the barrier to entry for small operators and can help them move faster and boost productivity, AI also drives down wages and stifles creativity and originality. Boasting about AI capabilities can be a powerful marketing tool, but contractors also feel pressured to do more for clients while getting the same pay."
Freelancers and small businesses encounter mixed effects from AI adoption. Some clients enthusiastically build custom ChatGPT tools and integrate AI into workflows, while other clients fear being perceived as using AI and demand explicitly human edits. AI lowers barriers to entry, accelerates output, and becomes a marketable capability, but it also drives down wages, compresses rates, reduces opportunities to stand out, and pressures contractors to deliver more for the same pay. Many freelancers respond by learning prompt engineering and adapting processes to remain competitive amid a tech-forward and uncertain market.
Read at Business Insider
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