@FellMentKE: Just had the most unexpected afternoon tea in Silicon Valley! With all the recent tech layoffs, you'd expect conversati…
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A personal account of an afternoon tea in Silicon Valley where women discussed using AI to thrive and make money amid tech layoffs.
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Just had the most unexpected afternoon tea in Silicon Valley!
With all the recent tech layoffs, you’d expect conversations to be all doom and gloom. But my friends, these brilliant, stylish women, were buzzing about something entirely different: how they’re using AI to not just survive, but thrive and make money in this new era.
It’s truly surprising to see how ordinary people, not just programmers, are leveraging AI now.
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