She began writing straight out of college, freelanced for years and eventually followed a path taken by many young Filipinos: joining a multinational in the country's booming outsourcing industry. Lisa says she never felt the need to use artificial intelligence (AI) in her work. In my opinion, there is no need for [AI]," she told the BBC. "We were the ones who trained the artificial intelligence that replaced us." Lisa, not her real name, is one of several former outsourcing employees the BBC spoke to who asked to remain anonymous.