Two Billboards In New York Capture The Conflict Of Our Time: One billboard is selling artificial intelligence, the other is warning about it.

Two billboards went up in New York City recently. This is a city of advertising, where images appear when someone wants the whole world to see them. One billboard is selling artificial intelligence, and the other is warning about it. The juxtaposition between these two advertisers, who most likely wouldn’t have seen the other’s message in advance, captures the conflict of our times and cements the uncertainty about the future within an artificial intelligence world.The selling billboard is dark, purple, and almost cinematic.An AI-generated face with artificial perfection stares out. Three words above her say: “Stop Hiring Humans.” The Era...