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Is ChatGPT Hurting the Job Market—or Just Exposing It?

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Michael "Thunder" Phillips
May 08, 2025
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“I’m going to use ChatGPT instead.”

That’s what a potential client told me recently when I offered to help her improve her website. Not “too expensive” or “not a good fit”—just ChatGPT. No need for a real human when a robot can do the job for free.

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