
In which I chronicle my survival as an online freelancer in this first half of the 21st century. I write about online jobs (making dough with cookies! Get it?٩(^ᗜ^ )و ´-) Oh yeah, and listicles, too. 𐦂𖨆𐀪𖠋𐦂𖨆𐦂
Here’s the brutal, honest truth: the world of work as we know it may simply not exist by 2030. As I mentioned in my previous post, the statistics are alarming : Goldman Sachs (via the BBC) has estimated that up to 300 million jobs could be lost as a direct result of AI. The automation […]
My first brush with the concept of LLMs (Large Language Models) was way back before Chat GPT, in 2013, in my early young adult life on a college campus. Apparently, the novelty chatbot A. L. I. C. E (Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity) had already been around since 1995, but that was all it seemed […]
Here’s a dismal statistic: it has been estimated that AI will replace 85 million jobs globally, affecting 40% of all existing jobs by 2025. If you — like me — are in a line of work where you use your words, creativity, intellect, or professional expertise, or if you are in any type of data-heavy […]
A few days ago, I got a phone call asking if I was looking for a remote job as a translator. Like any good, legitimate freelancer who puts her resumé out there, I said yes. The recruiter gave me some sample work to do before they added me to their translator pool. It was just […]
In my favorite memory from childhood, I am coloring in the letters of the alphabet with a scented marker (blackberry black). Learning is fundamental to who we are as human beings, and teaching is just the other side of the same coin: anyone can do it, and learn to do it well. Throughout my eight […]
Cookie Dough Online is the digital treasure hoard and financial advice blog of Y.K. Jung, yet another chronically online young adult freelancer trying to survive and have it mean something. To learn more about her other work, check out ykjung.com.
I don’t believe in outsourcing my own intelligence to Artificial Intelligence. Unless specifically otherwise noted, all my work is typed using my own ten fingers to compile what my eyes see on my physical screen.
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