""Our AI does your daughter's homework. Reads her bedtime stories. Romances her. Deepfakes her," reads a billboard asking you to visit a website called Replacement.AI. "Don't worry, it's totally legal [winking emoji]." Visiting the website finds an even more overt message: huge text proclaiming that humans are "no longer necessary." "Stupid. Smelly. Squishy. It's time for a machine solution," it reads. "At Replacement.AI, we believe that building AI tools to fix the world's most pressing challenges is an unprofitable waste of time.""
""There's also an actual quote by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: "AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies." Before you get your pitchforks out: it's satire. The ad was highlighted in a now-viral tweet by makeup artist and influencer Matt Bernstein, before being reshared across the internet in places like Reddit, where the joke was lost on many users.""
San Francisco features aggressive AI billboards that use dystopic, in-your-face messaging. A satirical campaign called Replacement.AI explicitly frames humans as unnecessary and promotes machine solutions through shock tactics. The site copy mocks AI efforts as unprofitable and even cites a Sam Altman line about catastrophic outcomes alongside profitable companies. The campaign was shared widely on social platforms and confused many viewers. Young AI startups in Silicon Valley frequently use controversial, irreverent marketing that trades on insider jokes and provocation rather than straightforward communication to general audiences.
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