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I Had A Ghostwriting Client Try To Replace Me With ChatGPT. Here’s What Happened Next.
How to survive mass replacement in the age of AI.
“Sorry, Michael, can we pause your services?”
That’s a message I received on a Sunday night.
I’ve been working with a high-profile ghostwriting client for a few months. We had a few articles go viral, and their brand was growing.
They wanted to ‘pause’ immediately.
No real explanation. No warning.
Fair enough. Business is business. I’m not upset about it. I understand that people need to go in a different direction.
But 2 days later, I see an article appear on their profile.
I can’t help myself. I clicked on it.
It’s clearly written by ChatGPT. Everything from the headline, sentence structure, to word choice screams AI. This is painful to read. The article says a lot of words, but gives no value.
Here’s what happened next.
AI won’t replace writers. Here’s why…
“But Michael, AI is going to replace are writers, copywriters, and content marketers.”