NYU Professor: In an SF Bar, Every Other Word I Hear Is AI
andrewgwils · x · 2026-10-06
Andrew G. Wilson (NYU professor) jokes that in a San Francisco bar, every second word he overhears is AI — and asks to be taken to a parallel universe where people randomly get obsessed with music or art instead. A snapshot of how thoroughly the AI boom has saturated everyday life in SF.
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