Tag: AI and the publishing industry

AI Will Change Everything

Last week,
I contacted customer service
at a huge company.

The entire interaction
was handled by that company’s AI.
The problem was resolved
without them having to employ
a single living person.

Every so often,
an ‘advancement’ comes along
that changes everything.

AI is one of those
advancements.

It will obliviate the publishing industry,
as one example.
Publishers are already using AI
to write books,
edit books,
create audiobooks,
craft cover art
and perform other functions.

I’m preparing for a future
where writers,
including myself,
aren’t needed.
I’m building business plans
around that scenario.

You should be factoring in
the dominance of AI
into your business plans
also.

AI WILL change everything.

Using Boredom To Your Advantage

There is a reason,
I suspect,
that media and leaders
are talking about Bird Flu now,
before it shifts
to human to human transmission.

And I don’t think
that reason is preparedness.

I believe leaders
are leveraging the tendency
for people to become bored,
to no longer worry
about threats
after a passage of time.

In a month or two,
bird flu will become old news.
It won’t interest people
because we will have talked about it
for a while.

When human to human transmission happens
and the sickness and dying occurs
in larger numbers,
there won’t be a push
to put protections in place
that might disrupt business.

Business builders
in the publishing industry
used this same tactic
to employ AI
for cover art, editing, writing.

There was big outrage
at first.
Readers then got bored
and moved on.
The publishing industry
is now rolling out
AI everything
and there is no pushback.

Realize that people
bore easily.
Use that
to your advantage.