Is It Still Safe For Writers As OpenAI Just Turned $29 Billion In Valuation?

Should we be scared?

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I’m not one to freight easy.

But when you’re trying to revive your writing career, which wasn't sparkling in the first place, it's hard not to lose it. Say Biden is resigning, that will not knock me off. Oh, Trump’s getting back into Office? Still, it wouldn't do the trick.

But that, the one thing writers fear the most, is actually happening, which is the rise of the writing machine, now that’s going to do the job.

6:30 AM, am scrolling down YouTube, seeking inspiration for ideas on articles to write, as I have nothing else to do, (like most writers I know), I came across this video by Patrick Bet David, in a conversation with Neil Tyson, which gave me goosebumps.

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I’m sure, if not all, at least most writers have heard of the insurgence of AI writing software, rumored to be the end of human writers.

I must be honest, at first, I didn't think much of it. And it wasn't a matter of whether AI could write as good as humans. Not at all. My feelings at the time were that, though AI could write…