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The media industry is dying – but I can still get paid to train AI to replace me | Arwa Mahdawi
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 10:00 · 1 minute
According to an automated missive, I have the perfect set of skills to help write the first draft of AI history. It’s not a job for life, though
Say what you like about the Germans, you can always count on them to find just the right word for anything. Take “ weltschmerz ”, for example, which roughly translates to “world pain”. It signifies despair at the suffering in the world – and a deep anguish that stems from knowing that a better world is possible. Is there a more apt encapsulation of the current moment?
For the past six months I, like many others, have been suffering from an acute case of weltschmerz. As someone of Palestinian heritage I have been weighed down by survivor’s guilt as I’ve watched the unfolding genocide in Gaza. For a while, I didn’t have the emotional energy to write. The only way I could get out of bed and make it through the day was by avoiding the news completely. Which … isn’t an ideal scenario when you largely write about the news for a living. So, at one point, I decided on a career pivot and applied for various non-writing jobs, including one at a dog food manufacturer. Reader, I was rejected. In fact, I didn’t even make it to the first round of interviews; I was humbled by a dog’s dinner.
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