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    AI Firm's 'Stop Hiring Humans' Billboard Campaign Sparks Outrage
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    AI Firm’s ‘Stop Hiring Humans’ Billboard Campaign Sparks Outrage

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    1. MetaKnowing on

      “People are predictably unhappy about being told they don’t deserve jobs. In San Francisco, the heart of Silicon Valley, an AI startup called Artisan has spent an untold sum blitzing the city with an advertising campaign that dispenses with the need for humanity. Artisan’s tagline: “Stop Hiring Humans.”

      The company, which is backed by startup accelerator Y-Combinator, sells what it calls “AI Employees” or “Artisans.”

      In an interview with SFGate, the company’s CEO, Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, defended his company’s decision to advertise its product by promoting the end of the human labor force.

      “They are somewhat dystopian, but so is AI,” the CEO told the outlet, of the ads. “The way the world works is changing.”

      The posters—which are strewn all over the city—include plugs like the following:

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    2. errie_tholluxe on

      Who would have thought people would be upset to be unemployed in a system that’s requires them to be employed?

    3. PhillipDiaz on

      The people that are outraged took the bait. That’s exactly what this AI firm wanted. More publicity.

    4. WackFlagMass on

      This AI train is so overhyped. Until we actually get androids on the ground (which by the looks of progress, will prob be like 100 years later or something and we’d all be dead by then…), there’s nothing to worry about

    5. Delini on

      AI’s don’t need a CEO salary, and aren’t going to cause a scandal be fucking their assistant.

      Just say’n.