# AI transforming work and work-life (actual examples?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Tags:** ai\ **Created:** [February 29, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-transforming-work-and-work-life-actual-examples/998292 "2024-02-29T20:56:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-transforming-work-and-work-life-actual-examples/998292/9 "2024-03-01T04:59:48Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I can’t remember who it was, but there’s a Doper whose job is producing transcripts of videos, and AI assistance has allowed him to take on and complete several times more work (and hence get paid several times as much, at least until his employers catch on). > [@I think I screwed up by using ChatGPT too vigorously at my freelance work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-screwed-up-by-using-chatgpt-too-vigorously-at-my-freelance-work/984637): > > I lost my job last November and have been looking for full-time work ever since. A few weeks ago, a Christian organization approached me and was looking to get several thousand sermons transcribed into Word documents (to be read by an audience that might not, for whatever reason, be able to access the YouTube sermon videos or audio recordings themselves). They were paying a pretty decent rate; $1/minute of YouTube video and $2/minute of audio recordings. Being in dire need of any income, I acce… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-transforming-work-and-work-life-actual-examples/998292)._