Woman issues message to public after ChatGPT cost her a job

One of the dominant conversations surrounding AI usage right now is the effect it will have on jobs, but one woman lost a potential role as a consequence of artificial intelligence in a way you might not expect.

Experts indicate that only a handful of jobs will still be done by humans following the AI revolution, and it has understandably left many worried about their future with the risk of redundancy around the corner.

Even high skill roles in the medical world are seeing knowledge that took decades to acquire replicated by AI in a matter of seconds, yet it turns out that utilizing the potential of artificial intelligence can cost you your job just as much.

How did AI cost her job?

As explained in her own TikTok explaining the situation, Alexandra Frisby-Smith (@claritywithalex) was rejected from a potentially lucrative part time role after her employer exposed her use of ChatGPT during the interview process.

Part of the application involved streamlining a list of daily tasks within a 30 minute time limit, and Ms. Frisby-Smith plugged the rough ideas she had formulated into OpenAI's tool in order to formulate them properly, as per news.com.au.

"I was brainstorming and thinking, 'Can I do it this way?' Or that way, basically bending and stretching and working out what platforms would work best," she explained. "Once I worked out an overview, I popped that into ChatGPT and it created a cohesive and beautiful way of representing my thoughts."

She seemingly made it no secret that ChatGPT was part of the process and the recognizable formatting of the AI tool was retained when she submitted the task, and that led to a rejection email where the employer indicated that her 'heavy use of ChatGPT' was the reason she didn't get the job.

How has she reacted to the rejection?

Ms. Frisby-Smith was left stunned by the rejection, and remains adamant that her use of the tool is "the most efficient way of working ever," adding that she's "proud to say" that she uses it.

On top of this, she admitted that she has felt 'shamed' for using the tool, and urged others to stop judging people for using the tool. She even went as far to point out that the fact that the employer recognized it indicates that they use it too, leading her to question why she was being shamed.

"I don't understand why people are shaming ChatGPT users, like own it," she pleaded.

It's safe to say that the comments underneath her TikTok post aren't exactly on her side though, as many have continued to call out her use and support of the AI chatbot.

"When are we gonna start shaming people for being too damn lazy to do the bare minimum," wrote one commenter, with another adding: "When are people going to realise that employers need to know your capabilities and not AI's capabilities!"

A third even illustrated that "if you used it 'intelligently' the HR manager wouldn't have been able to tell that you used it."

Outside of the larger worries that many have expressed about AI, including the clear dangers present in frightening scientific timelines, many have simply pointed out that a job application is meant to show off your own individual skills, and using ChatGPT homogenizes your aptitude with everyone else.

"Use it to edit or tweak your own correspondence, not write it from scratch," indicated a popular comment. "Otherwise whatever you have given them is going to be exactly the same as everyone else."