The Future of Freelancing: How to Keep Your Job When AI Is Changing the Game?
As a freelancer for over 10 years, I’ve seen how the online work landscape has changed.
From being a career unknown to many, to the rise of freelancing during the pandemic era, to this year’s advancement of AI.
AND ONE THING IS FOR SURE: We’ve got to keep up to make sure we stay in the game.
And honestly, even I, after learning about AI for 2 years, am mind-blown by how powerful AI can get.
I see marketing videos with a person talking about it, WITHOUT THEM actually filming it.
I see images being generated in seconds.
I see captions, emails, or website copy being written from a few-word prompt.
Well, yes, AI can’t do everything (yet), and clients are still hiring freelancers to do things for them.
But in the coming years, we aren’t sure how far AI advancements can go.
So, what else is left for us to do?
Be the one who can run AI tools.
First, you must understand.
Next, you must use.
Finally, you must master.
So, what is AI and how does it work?
Artificial intelligence, or what almost everyone calls AI, is simply a program.
But not the usual “fixed set of instructions” kind of program.
It learns and adapts, like us.
HOW?
Just as how we, humans, learn from experience, AI learn from data.
From every information it gets, it learns how to improve itself.
There are different types of AI, but since we are talking about freelancing, let’s talk more about Generative AI.
Generative AI is a type of AI that can, from the word itself, generate things.
As I mentioned earlier, it can create text, images, videos, music, voice, and even computer programs!
As a freelancer, you should start learning how to use it.
Depending on your niche, you can begin with AI tools relevant to your service.
Are you a Virtual Assistant?
You can start asking AI to write emails, automate appointment reminders, organize files with smart tagging, and MORE!
Are you a Social Media Manager?
Study AI tools that help in content creation, post scheduling, response automation, content strategy, and again..MORE!
Are you a Video Editor?
You can research how AI can help you shorten your editing time. It can generate an entire video’s transcript, it can detect silence and dead-airs, and it can even turn a text into a voice.
In the coming blogs, I’ll be sharing some tools that you can try.
Because, as I mentioned, the third thing you must do is to…
Master AI
You don’t have to fear it.
Do not run away from it. Don’t be threatened by it.
You can actually maximize it to save some time and, of course, to earn more 😀
One way to make sure you keep your job is to DO IT WELL.
And if you can, DO IT WELL WITH AI.
And always remember, research makes things clearer.
So, whenever you feel lost, maximize that tiny magnifying glass icon and it’ll give you the data you need.
Happy Freelancing, Boss Up Fam!