Recently, an AI startup called Artisan sparked widespread controversy when it placed a large number of advertisements in San Francisco, the heart of Silicon Valley, with a simple and brutal tagline that reads, "Stop hiring human beings. Artisan, a company backed by startup gas pedal Y Combinator that sells customer service and sales workflow software, calls its software product "AI Employee" or "Artisan," according to 1AI. Artisan." SFGate, a local San Francisco media outlet, reports that the billboards, which are scattered throughout the city, say things like "A...