Work isn’t going anywhere, but labour is gradually going to bots

Since ChatGPT was released to the public a couple of years ago, our imaginations have been gripped by the obsession with how many jobs this is going to replace. Writers especially get prodded: We are going to be replaced by sophisticated LLMs any day now!

This is said with some relish by people who seem to look forward to having their news and opinions cooked and delivered to them a la carte by nice little bots who won’t upset them with “thinky, liberal content.”