Thanks to AI, I’ve stopped writing publicly and may never return to writing anything publicly again.
Numerous AI programs have ingested my content without permission or compensation, leading to a drop in engagement with readers. I don’t even have ads anymore because what’s the point?
AI programs cannot continue using copyrighted material for their own financial gain and expect writers to provide content for them for free… which is exactly what they expect.
Copyright was in fact actually made for this scenario. It’s annoying to tech companies, but copyright is meant to protect content even if some new form of content consumption comes along.
I will not be the only one to make this decision.
I’m sure there are numerous others out there who have already given up or are contemplating it. To those people I say good for you.
It’s time to rage against machines.
(to make things more humorous, the header image is AI generated lol)