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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Helen Coffey

Why the adverts trolling us about AI stealing our jobs hit too close to home

I was standing waiting for the Tube when I looked up and saw it – the sentence that would instantly spike my cortisol levels and ruin my day.

“Stop hiring humans,” read the words, all in caps, plastered onto the wall of the Northern line. And below that: “The Era of AI Employees Is Here.”

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