Katie Delaney on AI, TV Writing, and Jared Leto Internship

Early Career & Entertainment Industry

• 💡 Katie Delaney shared a story about an Airbnb scam during a three-week stay in London, involving extra fees for sheets and keys, and a broken lamp.
• 📌 She recounted her unpaid internship with Jared Leto in 2009, editing a documentary about his band, 30 Seconds to Mars, and experiencing a challenging tour bus life.
• 🚀 Katie's TV writing career began with a temp job on Tim Allen's "Last Man Standing" as a PA, eventually leading to roles as a showrunner's assistant and writer's assistant on shows like "Kidding."

Challenges in TV Writing & Development

• ✍️ Katie secured a writing position on "Rick and Morty" through a blind submission test, a method she found effective despite industry skepticism about free work.
• 🎭 She and Caleb developed an animated show called "Best Buds" for Quibby, then Peacock, and finally Netflix, but it was never produced due to changing company mandates and executive decisions.
• ⚠️ They criticized the industry's focus on "family-friendly" content and executives using ChatGPT to give notes on scripts, highlighting a lack of genuine care for the creative process.

Critique of AI and Modern Work

• 🤖 Katie expressed strong disapproval of ChatGPT, calling its users "pathetic" and highlighting its negative impacts like wasting fresh water, taking jobs, and fostering intellectual laziness.
• 🚚 She also criticized delivery robots, suggesting they take jobs and that humanizing them (e.g., with eyes and name tags) makes people less critical of their societal impact.
• 💻 The discussion touched on "email jobs," where people with computer-based work are perceived as having an easy existence, yet often use AI to avoid simple tasks.

Public Perception & Creative Process

• 💬 Caleb and Katie discussed the challenges of public perception as comedians, with Caleb noting he tries to avoid reading comments and focuses on making people laugh.
• ✨ Katie reflected on her career progression, describing it as a slow, earned journey rather than overnight success, and how she's now "fully submerged" in the industry.
• 🐦 They reminisced about the "golden era" of Twitter, where direct messages led to real-life connections, including Katie's unexpected encounter with Chance the Rapper.