At 7 o’clock on a Saturday in October, the light is dimming in Cole Valley and a group of the AI industry’s young stars is gathered on the second story of a century-old Edwardian. At first glance, it looks like any other San Francisco house party: bottles of cheap liquor on the table and awkward conversations in the living room. But there are signs that this party is different. In the kitchen sits a pile of sharp No. 2 pencils and stacks of white paper. I am drinking vodka and…


