Just got fired from a freelance gig for saying the art director used chatgpt to replace all my copy. I casually said I'd like to edit what they wrote because it has the characteristics of AI and she got super offended and reported to the CD that I was disrespectful and swears up and down she wrote it

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Even if they weren’t using Chat-GPT, why would the art director be writing or editing your copy?

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yeah like she has 100% excuse to be straight up honest and say she used AI for placeholder copy. She asked me to review/edit if I needed. She's known this client for awhile so I completely get if she says "they're gonna want/need to mention this or that" but it's weird to get defensive about placeholder
I've used midjourney to make placeholder images before just to express an idea. I don't deny it, it's just interim add-ons

Every paragraph started with "its not x, its y". full of exclusively three-word lists at the end of sentences, two-word hard stop compliments after every list, and those random spaces before the first word of every new paragraph. she said "there's no em dashes" like that's somehow the only clue she clearly deleted them

also, english isn't her native language and it used extremely high-level vocabulary. when i asked what she meant when she wrote "exasperate" she didn't even know what the word means

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I know, right? And AI uses them when you need a semi colon or a period!

Why did they even replace your copy with their slop? Crazy.

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Which agency is allowing an AD to write copy?

Spill 🫘

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Have you repeatedly had issues with her? If so, from the agency perspective it’s easier to a get rid of you, the freelancer, than it is to get rid of full timer.

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That is odd. Agency or in house? I feel like it’s hard to be let go generally for small things like disagreements with your partner but maybe this AD has a closer connection to the CD than you?

agency, but she's been there forever, ive been freelancing for a couple months

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Is she a staff AD and you are freelance? Sucks but that’s the way it is. Sorry OP.

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