This is so dystopian! Utopia or sad future?
Summary
San Francisco startup Artisan has been putting up provocative "Stop Hiring Humans" billboards in cities like San Francisco and New York, promoting its AI sales agents for outbound tasks like lead generation and cold emailing.
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