richardmurray Posted February 24 Report Posted February 24 Economic Corner 18 What is the future of writing as a profitable activity? With the advent of computer programs to simulate writing at a quality acceptable enough for most, who will pay for human imagination driven writing over computer average based simulation writing, and why?
ProfD Posted February 24 Report Posted February 24 Most people consume the cheapest bottled water they can find on sale. However, there's still higher end bottled water on store shelves too. There will always be a few writers who can make money with their skill & creativity. 1
aka Contrarian Posted February 24 Report Posted February 24 As much as some are trying to perpetuate the skill of cursive penmanship, it is slowly sinking below the horizon of modern day communication and will soon become a lost art, I fear. Story telling might inherit a better fate and keep the fiction writer a float in the sea of imagination. I have no regrets about not being around to experience the brave new AI world of the future. 1
richardmurray Posted February 25 Author Report Posted February 25 @ProfD On 2/23/2026 at 9:24 PM, ProfD said: Most people consume the cheapest bottled water than can find on sale. However, there's still higher end bottled water on store shelves too. There will always be a few writers who can make money with their skill & creativity. true and if yu look at the industry of writing, writers with huge fanbases are constantly popular, putting out content, so ... it is interesting @aka Contrarian On 2/23/2026 at 10:26 PM, aka Contrarian said: As much as some are trying to perpetuate the skill of cursive penmanship, it is slowly sinking below the horizon of modern day communication and will soon become a lost art, I fear. Story telling might inherit a better fate and keep the fiction writer a float in the sea of imagination. I have no regrets about not being around to experience the brave new AI world of the future. how do you know you will not be here? the AI future may start tomorrow
aka Contrarian Posted February 25 Report Posted February 25 40 minutes ago, richardmurray said: @aka Contrarian how do you know you will not be here? the AI future may start tomorrow True. It is in full sway already and I have a love-hate relationship with it. 1
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