Ask What do you do when a client wants AI speed but human quality at a price that covers neither?

[Brendan]

Some clients now expect work to be delivered almost instantly because they believe AI makes everything faster. At the same time, they want the quality that only careful, human-led work can produce. Then they want to pay a price that would not even make sense for AI-generated work, let alone skilled freelance work. This combination of unrealistic expectations is becoming more common and harder to manage. It puts freelancers in a difficult spot where saying yes means working at a loss. How do you handle these clients without losing the project entirely?