Laid off as a consequence of AI? Copywriter claims ChatGPT ‘took away’ her job

A copywriter who was laid off by her employer with out an evidence has claimed it was ChatGPT that led to her job loss.

What occurred?

According to The Washington Post, when San Francisco-based OpenAI, the unreal intelligence (AI) lab that developed ChatGPT, launched the bot (in November final 12 months), copywriter Olivia Lipkin ‘did not suppose an excessive amount of about it’. Over the subsequent few months, nonetheless, the variety of assignments being given to her began to ‘dwindle’, added The Post.

Finally, in April, Lipkin, who herself works out of San Francisco, was relieved by the tech startup the place she was the one author. Also, the corporate didn’t inform her why she was being let go.

What occurred subsequent?

Revealing to The Post that within the months main as much as her layoff, articles started showing on the startup’s inside Slack teams about how one can use ChatGPT on job, Lipkin stated managers have been referring to her as ‘Olivia/ChatGPT’ on the platform.

Then, days after shedding her job, she discovered that managers have been writing about how utilizing the AI chatbot was ‘cheaper’ than paying a author.

“The reason (behind the layoff) now seemed clear. Whenever ChatGPT was brought up, it made me insecure and anxious that it would replace me. Now, I have proof that those anxieties were true, and I am out of job because of AI,” she informed the Washington-based each day.

Lipkin’s present standing

The now-former copywriter is working as a canine walker. “I’m totally taking a break from the office world. People are looking for the cheapest solution, and that’s not a person,” Lipkin remarked.