Y Combinator Funded AI Firm's 'Stop Hiring Humans' Billboard Sparks Outrage
Artisan's billboard campaign in San Francisco promotes AI as a replacement for human workers, sparking public outrage and discussion about job displacement and the future of work in an AI-driven world.
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An AI startup named Artisan has launched a controversial billboard campaign in San Francisco with the provocative slogan "Stop Hiring Humans." The campaign promotes the company's software, which is designed to assist in customer service and sales, by suggesting that AI can replace human workers. The billboards feature statements like "Artisans won’t complain about work-life balance" and "Hire Artisans, not humans," which have sparked significant backlash from the public. Critics argue that the campaign is insensitive and dismissive of the human workforce, as it appears to advocate for the elimination of jobs. CEO Jaspar Carmichael-Jack defended the campaign, acknowledging its dystopian nature and stating that it was intended to attract attention and provoke discussion about the changing landscape of work due to AI advancements. The campaign has succeeded in generating outrage, drawing media coverage and public discourse about the implications of AI on employment.
- Artisan's billboard campaign promotes AI as a replacement for human workers.
- The campaign has sparked public outrage and criticism for its insensitivity.
- CEO Jaspar Carmichael-Jack acknowledges the dystopian nature of the ads.
- The campaign aims to provoke discussion about the future of work in an AI-driven world.
- The controversy highlights ongoing concerns about job displacement due to technological advancements.
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26 commentsEdit: It's worse than I thought. It's a spamming system.
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Like most chatbot companies, their own sales effort does not use their own chatbot. When you go to their site, you don't get to talk to their chatbot about their product.
> I used this “AI” for my company about 6 months ago.
> We had to cancel after only two months because it kept making things up that weren’t easily checked. Ex. I noticed your company recently bought xx I think that was a savvy move
> Cue people asking me what I was referring to, where they could find an article, etc
> These unanswerable questions were all the responses I ever got back. The effective response rate was 0%. So not only was it not producing it was also actively hurting the brand with all the nonsensical comments.
We all know that a bunch of people are getting rich off massive copyright violation, and anyone who understands how sketchy it is would rather be one of the people getting rich, than to martyr themselves pointlessly in front of this freight train of thieving greed.
But go and call it "Artisans", just to add insult to world-crushing injury.
That is definitely not a PR-vetted response.
(No shade to the company, good on them for getting coverage!)
More fancy chat AI bots.
>Hire: To engage the services of (a person) for a fee; employ.
For the moment, it is not so; for the moment, AI needs a human around to prevent catastrophic mistakes.
When it no longer needs that help, then humans need no longer apply.
> "Artisans won’t complain about work-life balance" "Artisan’s Zoom cameras will never ‘not be working’ today." "Hire Artisans, not humans." "The era of AI employees is here." Yes, grim stuff. At first glance, you might wonder who the target audience for these billboards is. After all, the billboards will mostly be viewed by humans, and, as far as can be discerned, most humans enjoy being employed.
Do we? I rather had the impression most of us like money, and the work is just the means to get that money?
Gizmodo isn't exactly as far away from Artisan's mindset as they'd like to be if they think the reason people want jobs is enjoyment.
How exactly are they positioning themselves here? Being pro-dystopia?
Hint: AI doesn't buy AI.
Good luck to us all
I would have gone straight for "Destroy all humans" just to hit it outa the park on the first ball.
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