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Dearest Family and Friends, Artificial intelligence is all the rage here in the Bay. Billboards in San Francisco display cryptic messages targeting AI engineers and tech executives. "Agents don't work without evals," reads one sign facing traffic coming into the city from the Bay Bridge. “Auth for AI” reads another that faces vehicles headed south to Palo Alto. For most of us, these billboards test our tech knowledge — how well we understand IYKYK ("if-you-know-you-know") messaging. I give myself a B-minus. No AI company would hire me. I am retired and not looking for work, but an unease has settled over the Bay like the morning fog, a worry that someday, perhaps soon, no one will be hiring anyone. Artisan, a local AI startup, produced a billboard that puts it bluntly: "Stop hiring humans," it reads. The message is in-your-face and tone-deaf, but at least someone stepped up and said what everyone is thinking. I have no idea how AI will impact employme...