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ChatGPT and the AI dependency epidemic

18 July 2025|

As a hybrid worker, commuting from my flat in Lewisham to our office in Hoxton twice a week can feel like quite a chore, particularly when my commute for the other three days consists of a three-foot distance between my bed and my desk. Recently, flustered from having conquered both the DLR and Tube at rush hour, I climbed the escalator at Old Street station only to be engulfed by a mass of purple posters plastered with slightly too-perfect-looking faces, courtesy of Artisan AI’s new Stop Hiring Humans ad campaign. How on earth has it got to this? Here’s what I found out.    

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