San Francisco AI Billboard Uses Job-Loss Anxiety as Sales Pitch Opener
Scobleizer · x · 2026-08-04
Robert Scoble shared a photo of an AI billboard in San Francisco. After calling the number on the ad, he was connected to a pitch from an AI sales company.
Interestingly, the AI sales script taps right into current AI anxiety, opening the call with: “Worried that AI will take your job?” Scoble joked that this kind of marketing tactic is just so typical of San Francisco.
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