Is There Any Luck in Finding WFH Writing Gigs That Value Human Creativity Over AI

With AI storming and taking over human jobs on the internet, mundane repetitive tasks are the hardest hit.

A lot of freelancers have lost jobs and are continuing to see a decline in the number of clients as months pass by. Even some writing tasks are not spared.

We can see a lot of bottom-tier writers being replaced by technology. Thus, the fear of AI taking the reins even for middle-tier writers is inevitable. Will AI have a significant impact on freelance writers as it did with other industries, such as basic coding, graphic design, and data entry?

How AI can replace writers

Yeah, here is the inevitable. It can replace writers; we are reckoning it already did as of this writing.

But there is no need to panic yet, just not yet. Mundane repetitive jobs are the hardest hit by AI; the same goes for freelance writing.

Bottom-tier writers are the ones feeling the burn; we even see middle tiered writers beginning to feel the heat and blisters as businesses and brands embark on AI automation.

As we have mentioned above, while the fear is real and it is continuing to seemingly depreciate the value of freelance writers, the human mind is still essential.

Even with the anticipated improvement in AI technology and the news that it can impact other jobs that require human emotion and more sound decision-making, there are areas where AI can’t wipe out the existence of the human mind on the internet.

And here is why.

How to mark yourself safe

Here is a thought. If your work is lacking quality and questionable to begin with, AI can indeed replace you.

Let us rephrase that; instead, let’s say that writers who can use AI can and will replace you.

This is not the same for all. Allow us to cite some examples. AI can help writers generate ideas quickly and help with content creation. Say, a writer can use AI to generate a story.

Will he be able to come up with one fast enough? And if a writer lacks creative juices, AI can be an answered prayer; it can help him curate attention-grabbing articles with less effort. But if more writers would do that, there would be a surge of, yes, meaningful articles, but they would be the same banana.

This is not fresh content.

It may have a creative hint, especially if you prompt it, but they will be the same. Even if you changed some of the words a bit, brands can see through it.

They will be able to tell that these are all AI-generated articles.

To excel, brands need fresh and original content that can make them stand out from a sea of websites that use the same AI-generated information.

If you are creative enough, on the other hand, AI might not be of significant help at all. It may even render your work less genuine and authentic; you might lose your voice.

But it can help you generate content faster since you don’t have to be in the optimum mood to scour for content.

Just search for what you need, and it will bombard your screens with ideas that can help you create great work. You just need to learn how to use it to your advantage and not let it drown your own thoughts.

You have to be careful how you use AI as an assistant for writing. Rely too much on it and you will just create articles that are the same as what most brands that do not commission writers anymore, they just use AI-generated articles. It might have the right information, but you will be sharing the same thought and mood with a smorgasbord of other brands.

Going back, so how can you mark yourself safe from the proliferation of AI in freelance writing? You have to deepen your skills and amp up the ante. You must always be hungry for improvement, always genuine and creative. Work on this continuously, and AI will not be able to replace you.

If you are working with brands, you must have developed strategic thinking and have a deep sense of understanding of how your content will affect the brand. Having a deep industry expertise will also help you pinpoint audience insight that is beyond demographics, beyond what AI can tap into. And most of all, you must be able to create updated and original ideas.

The AI bubble is bursting

Some may argue that, in spite of being a better version of a writer, AI is still headed for dominion.

Here is the thing.

The AI bubble is about to burst. As much as it is headed to progression and it may seem very promising, there is a silver lining for freelance writers, especially the more creative ones.

Businesses are beginning to notice and see how AI-generated articles are not helping them at all. This might not yet be true for all industries, but brands are finally beginning to notice how these are sounding repetitive and even outdated in some cases.

Even if these may have a tinge of human emotion and a tad bit touch of creativity, they will not be able to stand out enough to rank first in Google search.

So we can expect the AI trend in writing to decline. That’s why it is crucial to make yourself more important as a writer, more valuable, so to speak.

There are still a handful of human skills that AI will not be able to replace, let alone tap. AI cannot recreate human emotions, connections, and voice, at least not yet. Even subject expertise will require an intelligent mind rather than an automated one.

Even if AI begins to learn how to dabble a bit in human emotions, you will be ahead of it already. That is, if you begin to improve now.

WFH writing gigs that are somewhat AI-proof

… as of the moment

Considering the thoughts and insights we have poured above, here are some WFH posts that are immune to AI as of this writing.

Brand copywriter

Every brand wants to be unique.

Tell us of a brand that is okay with having the same content in social media as the competition. Even a one or two liner message for brand promotions must reek of originality and brand purpose. Otherwise, you are bound to be a second banana.

How else will a brand be able to convey an intrinsic message that they can do business unlike everyone else if they sound like the competition? That can happen if they use AI automated content.

Email marketer

Yeah AI can do emails, even curate and send hundreds and thousands in less time than a human hand can in an hour. If speed is the name of the game, then brands can might as well just use AI for media marketing. But that is not the case.

AI cannot test the subject line. It cannot curate sentences and sequences that can convert. This particular requirement would need an intelligent and witty human mind that knows how to strategize and drive in the audience with just a few paragraphs.

SEO writer

Isn’t AI already dominating this industry? Well, yes and no. Cheap clients are using AI for this particular task. And this can be a good thing for freelance writers. AI is weeding out cheap clients that cannot pay decently for a decent job, so let us leave them to AI.

AI can generate keywords, but it comes out very repetitive and just darn suffocating. With the same articles as any other brands in the same niche, it will not drive traffic to a website. You have to keep readers engaged and interested. AI does not really have a good track record in doing that.

Ghost book writer

AI do not have the capacity to gather unspoken thoughts and personal stories. These are primal when it comes to book writing.

You have to keep things as personal as you can. You have to be able to capture the essence of every thought.

Use AI for this, and you will endanger yourself with plagiarism.

Some will argue that AI can help you curate a book faster. But it is only human writing that will be able to tap the chords in the heart.

Is There Still luck?

So to answer the question above, yes, there is still luck. But it does not rely on luck alone. Rather, it depends on how valuable you are as a writer.

As tech progresses, some skills may become dispensable.

But if you progress as well and learn how to use technology to your advantage, you will be marked safe.