"San Francisco right now is Florence during the Renaissance," says AI dev
zealcaiden · x · 2026-10-09
AI developer zealcaiden compared present-day San Francisco to Renaissance-era Florence, suggesting the AI boom is fostering an era-defining burst of creativity in the city.
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