AI Writing Floods the Web, But Quality Still Needs Humans

Three years ago, ChatGPT burst onto the scene.

Large Language Models could turn out passably human text and much faster than any person could do it. Writers heard the death knells as their profession looked to be going extinct.

Some businesses dropped their writers. Places reduced content writing staff, convinced one or two writers could do the work of ten. Freelancers saw work diminish as internal staff cranked out blogs, memos, and reports with AI.

AI has yet to take the next step into advanced writing. It remains useful for summaries, quick news stories, and short tasks. Anything longer requires substantial input from a writer.

What has happened: online content creators and bots can now write hundreds of simple articles a day and flood the internet. It's often hard to find anything on the web without wading through AI slop to find a decent report or article.