The fear-mongering happened to cashiers, receptionists and assembly line workers. One by one, technology has flooded these professions. Other types of workers haven’t always understood the panic. After all, machines could never do everything, right? They couldn’t write articles, compose songs or edit videos. They couldn’t narrate audiobooks… could they? For years, no. In 2022, however, they’ve demonstrated all those skills.

A question we must ask ourselves at a time like this is, “Do recent developments really spell doom for authors?” Realistically, it’s unlikely. Authors and other creators will probably be fine. After all, a similar change already happened to cashiers and receptionists. Those professions didn’t disappear, did they? Yes, some companies have tried to replace workers altogether, but most have simply incorporated tech into their systems for extra productivity. Cashiers still exist. Some just oversee several self-service checkouts at once now instead of one register. And receptionists help with challenging customer requests but only after an AI has triaged them.

It might seem unlikely now, but AI will probably work a similar way for authors in the near future. Rather than replace us, it will simply enhance what we can do. It’ll crunch creativity as calculators now crunch large numbers for engineers and accountants, enabling humans to achieve more in a shorter timeframe. Will unscrupulous players wield AI in nefarious ways and cause upset in the short term? Possibly at first, but lawmakers will inevitably iron out ethical issues over time. So, don’t fret. In today’s blog post, not only will you discover how AI isn’t bad but also how the tools it powers will actually benefit us all when applied to our existing processes.