Copywriter Fired After Bosses Started Calling Her "ChatGPT"

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by Jacob Solomon Jun 6, 2023 News
Copywriter Fired After Bosses Started Calling Her "ChatGPT"

Creative workers may be replaced by artificial intelligence. Some say yes, while others argue that the tech will only help them do their jobs.

In an anecdote published by the Washington Post, a San Francisco-based copywriter named Olivia Lipkin said that managers began assigning things to her and the chatbot interchangeably after the program became a hit.

She was let go without explanation in April of this year, though she eventually saw that her managers had been discussing how it was cheaper to use a chat service.

She told the paper that she was anxious that she would be replaced by the new thing. I was out of a job because I had proof that those anxieties were justified, and now I am out of a job because of artificial intelligence.

It's Getting Worse

Lipkin's story and other like it are not the only ones. Last week, the Challenger, Gray & Christmas job placement firm released a report estimating that 4,000 people had been eliminated by artificial intelligence in the month of May.

Lipkin isn't included in the group of people who have begun training to become prompt engineers.

The 25-year-old has replaced her content marketing side hustle with dog walking as a means to support herself as she pursues creative writing on her own time.

Lipkin is taking a break from his job. The cheapest solution that people are looking for is a robot.

The Dirty Secret: It's powered by "grunts" making fifteen dollars per hour.