The artificial intelligence sector is seeing significant growth, and there is a demand for writers to enhance the language capabilities of AI software. Companies such as Scale AI and Appen have recently posted job offers specifically looking for writers.
Scale AI, based in San Francisco, has been actively hiring creative writers who are proficient in English, Japanese, and Hindi. The company is particularly interested in individuals with a master’s or doctorate degree to train AI models in becoming better writers. The hourly wage offered by Scale AI ranges from US$25 (about RM117) to US$50 (RM235), depending on the individual’s profile and experience.
Appen, an Australian company, was also searching for an expert in creative writing. They sought someone with a passion for storytelling, poetry, and prose who could write and edit short stories, novels, screenplays, and poems. Proficiency in English was considered essential for the position. However, an Appen spokesperson stated that they also require writers fluent in other languages to develop high-quality training data for creative AI generation, such as poetry and narrative writing.
Writing specialists have become crucial in refining generative AI software. While AI technologies can produce written texts within seconds, their output tends to be basic and lacks sophistication. Although grammatically correct, these texts are often easily identified by AI detection tools due to their simplicity. AI systems struggle to create complex writings, such as novels, poems, or plays, that match the standards of celebrated literary works. For example, British and Canadian researchers found that ChatGPT failed to imitate the writing style of American poet Walt Whitman, even after being fed 17 of his texts. The challenge further intensifies when attempting to generate sophisticated writings in languages other than English, such as haiku and waka, which are two forms of Japanese poetry.
This interest in writers and the written word from AI companies comes at a time when the sector is facing significant legal challenges. In September, twenty authors, including George R.R. Martin, filed a complaint against OpenAI, accusing the company of using their works without permission to train its language models. Their concern is that these algorithms pose a threat to their livelihoods by allowing anyone to generate texts that would typically require payment to a professional writer.
Another lawsuit was filed in July by three American authors, including actress Sarah Silverman and novelists Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden, against OpenAI and Meta, operators of ChatGPT and LLaMA. They claim that their writings were used to train algorithms without their authorization.
These lawsuits highlight the desire of creative professionals to protect their work from unfair competition by generative AI software. If successful, they could set precedents leading to the establishment of safeguards against the unjust exploitation of AI in the writing field. However, until AI technology can match human writing capabilities, this battle between human creativity and AI continues. – AFP Relaxnews
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