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Think that’s bad? Wait until AI and facial recognition makes the ads call out to each of us by our names as we pass by.
Funny thing is that back in the who knows when, a couple of sci-fi writers predicted a world where screens where everywhere, constantly pitching and hard selling, and, to ACD1’s point, absolutely calling you by name. Of course, they also came up with ad agencies essentially supplanting governments, “mildly addictive alkaloids” in your morning beverage, and the weaponization of psychology in service of toxic consumerism.
Never happen. Agencies aren’t smart enough to take over the world.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Merchants
We knew this day would come, but I agree: We have to have a break sometime. We are already completely inundated with social media.
To be fair, advertising is everywhere and that isn’t going to change anytime soon. Just wait until they turn the sky into a giant billboard. Now that one I am ready to fight somebody on.
https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1790072174117613963
It’s over for us all