Every commercial for AI is basically “look, you’re a fucking moron, but we’ll help you fake it!” and it feels like they really do get their target audience.
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the same people (I'll raise my hand) who complain about sponsored search results are now going to blindly trust "AI" to suggest where they take their cranky father-in-law for dinner. that should end well.
A coworker wanted AI to write her “favorite uncle’s eulogy.” I pleaded with her to let me write it instead, with a more personal touch, using details she wanted to share about his life. She passed on my offer because she was certain AI could do it better. Imagine being memorialized by AI, good god.
This a.m. I asked AI Chat if Donald Trump was a good person & it said it couldn't form an opinion on good. I asked if Donald Trump was evil & it said it couldn't form an opinion on evil. I asked it if Donald Trump was sane & it said it couldn't form an opinion on mental health. So WTF does it do?
That first campaign from Apple AI, helping people fake their way through meetings they hadn't prepped for, was disastrous. I hated both the people who slid through and the people who couldn't tell the difference.
“Hey dipshit, are you tired of being bad at things? Well how bout you let AI do those things slightly better sometimes but probably way worse? And you get to expend no effort or mentally or emotionally engage with it, or really anything in your life? Enjoy, you giant useless empty husk!”
The ones aimed at students: procrastinated till night before the paper is due? No problem, just let this product do your work for you! And bonus we made it harder for your pesky prof to catch you.
It reminds me of those ads I keep getting served for Factor, that frozen meal service, that at like "hey, learning to cook is absolutely impossible, right? Who has time to learn what full-fat Greek yogurt is?"
Over 77 million people voted for a convicted felon, who they say represents the Law and Order party, who bankrupted multiple companies, including a casino, because they think he can ‘fix’ the strongest economy in the world.
I’m pretty sure the AI companies know their target audience pretty well.
There was some TED talk where the thesis was like "people don't buy what you make, they buy why you make it," and it referenced Apple's marketing of its products as a way for people to unlock their creativity. And the AI ad campaigns are a complete 180 from that.
It's like those old "as seen on TV" ads where the target customer is someone who is unable to open a carton of milk, flip a pancake, or strain spaghetti without a $19.99 gadget.
“Do you have some entitled sense that you should be in charge even though you have no knowledge, relevant experience, or skills? Have we got the perfect magic beans for you!“
What really frightens me about AI is that we already know that our country is becoming less and less educated. Hence are you smarter than a 3rd grader. AI is tested by the few smart people who created it. It relies on the world’s stored data. So who will know if the answer AI provides us is wrong?
We had a teamwork meeting a few months ago with the goal to spruce up formal emails and half the teams used AI instead of working together as intended so they didn’t give anyone the announced prize because they assumed everyone did and abandoned future workshops
The nation that disdains to do its homework perfects the homework grift. The people who neglect the development of good judgment, opt to solve every problem by data, once-and-for-all.
Oh, without AI they booked you a table in the rain? Well, the restaurant will definitely force you to sit out there and you have no choice but to sit there and take it. If only AI could save you!
Hadn’t even realised that was the implication of it! That’s so dire…
It requires you to have the mental capacity of a 2 year old child for it to make logical sense.
That ad is great because, even if you initially accept its premise that having AI adjust reservations based on weather could be useful, it immediately undermines that premise by reminding you that using an awning avoids the problem altogether.
It's an unintentionally perfect encapsulation of AI.
Okay, but actually, bringing back those "THERE'S GOTTA BE A BETTER WAAAAY!" infomercials where the person is a complete fucking moron who can't tie their own laces will be entertaining.
They really are pushing pushing pushing it as if their lives depended on it, but as @sethdmichaels.bsky.social pointed out most people's reactions are WOULD YOU FUCK OFF WITH THAT SHIT
Don’t even get me started on how all the tech bros who received excellent educations and read books as kids are profiting off the stupidization of today’s kids. They are trying so hard to ensure the next generation is the mental equivalent of the flabby people in Wall-e. They do not give a damn.
"This restroom didn't have Salesforce AI, so when I scheduled a trip to the toilet to take a massive shit, I ended up with a fist full of quarters in my ass and a shaved taint."
I have just learned that was an AI commercial. I watch my fb games with the sound off. My wife appreciates it and I think I get to watch more fb that way.
I feel as if I’m smarter than the average American of my age, & I attribute it mostly to living in Europe & therefore rarely watching TV commercials for the past 20 years.
I loved the Gemini ad where the girl typed in “pet friendly italian restaurant” and it found some google results for her, exactly as if she had just … googled it directly
My favorite is the one where the woman goes from seeing vacant retail space to owning a thriving business all because AI could write her newsletter for her.
AI helps me with my daughter’s homework. Certain math equations I haven’t done for 35 years and can’t remember how to set them up. I can enter the question in and it will show the process of how to get to the answer. It’s like a quick refresher course and how to do inequalities.
As I have said before, much of tech since the 1990s has been tech-possible ideas in search of a need. They kept creating needs until we had little choice. Because of course we bought in, and for some good reasons.
AI has its advantages and whatever country masters it will win. Yep, it can do us in, so tech bros who try to convince us otherwise are dangerous. I use it and it is helpful, but I don't want it ruling my life, nor do I trust it to rule my life.
I watched a guy trying to decide between two laptops at the store by asking ChatGPT on his phone and then complaining that it wasn't choosing for him and not clear.
The apple AI ad with the wife using it 2 create a photo slideshow cos she 4got her husband's bday is some dystopian shit. AI used 2 b sold as "AI will do stuff you h8 so U can spend that time with loved 1s". Now they say:"we'll automate your family interactions so you can spend more time consuming".
I think it’s two things: one, pure marketing, gotta have AI in everything (put a bird on it theory). Secondly it’s the tech class pushing back on those who read, write and think in non-linear ways.
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ChatGPT: “Underestimate the masses. No one ever lost money.
But then again, I doubt most of us thought AI would be used for executive orders.
I’m pretty sure the AI companies know their target audience pretty well.
Employee:
If AI is capable of doing your job… why would they pay *you* to do it?
I mean, you’re already demonstrating that you won’t even make the slightest effort to do your job better.
I’m sure they’ll keep paying you out of corporate benevolence. 🤔
Oh, without AI they booked you a table in the rain? Well, the restaurant will definitely force you to sit out there and you have no choice but to sit there and take it. If only AI could save you!
It requires you to have the mental capacity of a 2 year old child for it to make logical sense.
It's an unintentionally perfect encapsulation of AI.
That's the bottom line IMO
Same person also touts crypto and 🤮
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Alternatively, “we know the people you know and love are a giant drag, but we’ll help you pretend to care without having to actually deal with them”