That is the topic of my latest piece at The Free Press, co-authored with Avital Balwit. Here is a segment written by Avital:
I was Claude pre-Claude. I once prided myself on how quickly I could write well. Memos, strategy documents, talking points—you name it. I could churn out 2,000 words an hour.
That skill is now obsolete. I can still write better than the models, but their speed far outmatches mine. And I know their quality will soon catch up—and then surpass—my own.
Every time I use Claude to do a task at work, I feel conflicted. I am both impressed by our product and humbled by how easily it does what used to make me feel uniquely valuable.
It’s not just an issue at work. Claude has injected itself into my home life, too. My partner is brilliant—it’s a huge reason we are together. But now, sometimes when I have a tough question, I’ll think, Should I ask my partner, or the model? And sometimes I choose the model. It’s eerie and uncomfortable to see this tool move into a domain that used to be filled by someone I love.
And a related bit written by me:
I have a tenured job at a state university, and I am not personally worried about my future—not at age 63. But I do ask myself every day how I will stay relevant, and how I will avoid being someone who is riding off the slow decay of a system that cannot last.
It amazes me how many people do not much ponder these questions. “Oh, it hallucinates!” is the fool’s trap of 2025, I am sorry to say.
The piece is about 4,000 words and has many interesting points throughout. Note that Avital is the Chief of Staff to the CEO at Anthropic, but her views do not reflect those of her company.
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