@therobburgessshow Maybe they are just inadequate when it comes to creativity, and AI is their way out and to blag they are good at something. I like home science, so just writing up my latest experiment, ok using LaTeX. So far I have drafted, redrafted, moved stuff around etc. This sort of thing takes time, effort and work to get the final document right.

Sure these AI bots could write it for me, what worries me is personal statements for jobs, I am really bad at these, I can work fine with kids, but ask me to write how my skills, experiemce match a job description I struggle. So do my best, now if another applicant gets chatGPT to do most of it for them, are they THAT good at writing am I at an disadvantage by not in effect cheating by using these tools.

As a teaching assistant, I may sound be pretty blunt in saying the first draft is always pretty rubbish, but that is a first draft, it is getting the ideas down, so subsequent drafts, the info is there, it just needs putting down in a better way.

Those of us who are good at our jobs are probably in less danger, if they get rid of the competent and keep the less competent then one day people will actually regret doing that.