Brands replace content creators with AI, when numbers tank they try to get creators back with lower pay: 'They are back in my DMs offering 40% less than what they paid me before'

The company in this story failed to realize that they no longer had the upper hand.It seems like everyone these days is looking for a shortcut. Certain tools have found ways that companies can easily cut corners and get work done in less time than they did before. But does that mean you're sacrificing quality? Almost always. It certainly did in this situation. Customers don't like it when the companies that are selling to them treat them like they're easy to trick. Nobody wants to be bamboozled or have the wool pulled over their eyes, and AI-generated content is a huge way to do that. You may be able to summon up a video selling your product in a manner of minutes, for cheap or for free, but that doesn't mean it's going to be effective advertising. Customers can tell when you've cut corners, and they start to lose trust in the product. That's what was happening in this situation, which someone shared on the antiwork subreddit. They were a content creator who had a pretty longstanding relationship with a brand. They were providing a service for them and were enjoying the business relationship. Everything changed, though, when the brand replaced them with AI. You hear of this starti…