I lost my job to ChatGPT and was made obsolete. I was out of work for 3 months before taking a new job passing out samples at grocery stores.

• Emily Hanley is a freelance copywriter, writer, and comedian. 
• She started losing work when clients decided to use ChatGPT instead of hiring a copywriter. 
• Hanley says that if a robot can do your job for less, that is exactly what will happen. 

I always dreamed of going viral because of my brains or my undeniable beauty. I never thought it would be because I made a TikTok about losing my job to AI.

I'm a writer and stand-up comedian. Like most creatives, I've always worked a day job. For the past several years, I worked as a full-time freelance copywriter i.e. web pages, branded blogs, online articles, social media captions, and email marketing campaigns. I wasn't raking in the big bucks, living fancy-free aboard a yacht in Capri, but I was comfortable. For the first time, I felt I had a sustainable career.