Baby Shoggoth Is Listening

For those who work with words, the headlines these days aren’t especially friendly. AI to Replace Entry-Level Social-Media Editors. AI to Replace Copywriters. AI to Replace Human Writing Itself. It’s enough to make us poor wordsmiths question our blessings. Can’t someone else get replaced for once? Like, say, the reader—you, over there, on the other side of this screen? As it turns out, that may already be happening.