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Re:Ask HN: Paychecks from a failed startup? by arp242 on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @04:22PM (#35793607)
Re:Ask HN: Paychecks from a failed startup? by aobdev on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @04:22PM (#35793611)
ChatGPT is not a lawyer and this is not good advice. Generally threatening to sue will almost never serve your interests.
Re:Ask HN: Paychecks from a failed startup? by startlaunch on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @04:31PM (#35793751)
I hate to tell ya, but most lawyers will be using GPT in the near future, if not already.
Re:Ask HN: Paychecks from a failed startup? by JosephRedfern on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @04:35PM (#35793818)
You can put whatever you like into ChatGPT and get _something_ out, but that doesn't mean it's accurate or good advice.

Even if what you're saying is true, the skill would be in knowing whether the response is good and proper or not, which requires subject matter expertise. You'd be a fool to blindly trust output from ChatGPT right now for anything important.

Re:Ask HN: Paychecks from a failed startup? by aobdev on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @05:02PM (#35794158)
Generating a demand letter and being a lawyer are not the same. Thinking they are is exactly why the parent comment is bad advice.
Re:Ask HN: Paychecks from a failed startup? by howard941 on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @05:32PM (#35794516)
I'd hazard a guess that if the OP ran the ChatGPT dunning letter by a lawyer s/he'd point out a handful of issues with it. The ChatGPT letter might best be used to brief the situation with the OP's lawyer but not actually sent to the former employer.
Re:Ask HN: Paychecks from a failed startup? by singleshot_ on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @06:24PM (#35795035)
This is not legal advice but that letter is long as hell and ain’t no one ever going to read it.

“Dear sir,

I represent Mr. Client. It seems you may have neglected to pay my client his last two weeks salary, which is probably an oversight. But if it’s intentional, it might be illegal.

Could you and I sit down to discuss? If you don’t have time for a conversation, perhaps you might save a few minutes by mailing him a check at his address in the amount of One Salary.

Best regards, A Pile of Meat”