I was an English Teacher, Cambridge and IELTS examiner for 20 years. I've seen first hand how first, massive online platforms with any warm bodied native English speaker started cutting into my private lessons revenue. Then, parts of my examining revenue as examination companies started consolidating parts of their exams and now AI. The writing has been on the wall for quite sometime, maybe not strictly AI, but Technology in general.

However, I feel there will be a backlash soon. Not through Government interventions, but people who will crave that Teacher student, Teacher student in class human connection again. However, will be more of a niche market and be sold for a premium.

Schools, courses etc. in its current cookie cutter mass market approach is dying, Tech and AI aren't the answer either.... And you are seeing offshoots of this backlash against the impersonal online platforms and AI. For example, the retail bookstore is making a comeback as more and more new stores are opening again after years of decline.

As far as writers are concerned, I know the trend is, and I see it here on Medium as well is to crank out the content. Get that practice in. Crank out those articles no matter what! You're competing with first, tons of other writers from developing countries for pennies, now you're competing with AI. But it does matter!

Yes, experience and practice makes perfect and all that, but people want and crave connection with other humans and learn about their own unique stories and experiences...

I came to Medium for that and even though I came to see if I could make a go of it here, I find myself reading and engaging with other writers work more than producing my own...

There's got to be more to that than just procrastination 😀...

Anyway, I enjoy your work. Thank you 👍