Brit Morin: AI transcription has wiped out court reporting jobs
Brit Morin · #12: Inside the VC brain · More or Less Podcast · Sep 1, 2023 · at 7:31
Brit Morin reacts to Jessica Lessin's praise of automated transcription tool Otter by referencing her mother's recent retirement from a career in court reporting.
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“Court reporting is a job that is just gone. Like, the whole, like, her whole life, she spent typing what everyone's saying at a speed so fast that she could follow along, and now it's just wiped out.”
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