Comment by melvinmelih | Hacker News Reader

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> They’re sharing fantasies about using AI to create every step of your business, from coming up with the idea to writing email campaigns to helping them write all of the code. They share examples of high profile success stories that claim someone used ChatGPT to make a business from scratch with zero experience and now they’re making five or six figures per month without having to know anything.

It's not 5 figures (yet), but thanks to ChatGPT my cousin was able to set up a small webshop that generates some business for him. My cousin (never been to college) is not exactly a prolific writer so was always struggling to write good copy. ChatGPT allowed him to write email campaigns, blog posts and product descriptions so his website actually looks very professional. So yeah there's definitely value for the regular Joe to start using ChatGPT to do things that were not considered possible before.

If the only thing holding your cousin back from running a $xxxx/mo business was some copy then he could have found a freelance copy writer before ChatGPT was ever a thing.

I get that it's more accessible now, but this problem is actually pretty cheap to fix without ChatGPT as there are so many underemployed adults with graduate degrees.

It's pretty cheap in terms of dollars to use a human freelancer, but it's kinda "expensive" in terms of time. You can't just quickly iterate on ideas when your freelancer is asleep at 1am and you have a burst of creativity.

A bad writer without management xp can't exactly judge + hold a freelance writer accountable.

Nor can they do the same for ChatGPT output, which is likely lower quality to begin with.

That’s the thing: It can legitimately be useful for filling gaps in someone’s abilities and generating copy. The gurus use this kernel of truth to suggest that it can do everything for you, as long as you buy their $599 (limited time offer!) course and then get on a monthly payment to their private community where all of the secrets will be shared…

It could also be very useful for ESL people: churning out thousands of words of copy can take forever in a second language and can also be absolutely miserable.

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