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Something Squirrely — Episode 7: They’ll Give You the AI Girl for Free — They Just Want a Cut of Everything She Makes
There is one particular advertisement that has apparently decided it and I are now in a committed relationship because it keeps appearing in my Facebook feed. The message changes slightly, but the story remains pretty much the same: artificial-intelligence creators are making people serious money, you can get your first AI creator for free, you…
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Something Squirrely — Episode 4: Unlimited AI Images for $99? Sure — If Your Computer Can Handle It
There are advertisements that immediately smell bad, and then there are advertisements that simply make you tilt your head, squint a little and wonder where the squirrel buried the nuts. This one falls into the second category. An advertisement from Distinct AI recently crossed my screen promoting Render FX, a desktop artificial-intelligence image generator. The…
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Something Stinks: Your 24/7 AI Sales Team Apparently Still Needs a Babysitter
There is a particular kind of advertisement that practically writes a Something Stinks article for us. It does not necessarily advertise a fake product. It does not have to make an obviously impossible promise. It simply has to present something in such wonderfully effortless terms that one question immediately comes to mind: What part are…
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Something Stinks: Apparently Adding AI Makes “We Sell Ads” Sound Revolutionary
There is something almost magical about the letters A and I. Take an ordinary business function that has existed for decades, sprinkle those two letters over it, add a cute fox wearing glasses and a utility vest, and suddenly you are no longer buying advertising. You are apparently venturing into unexplored territory with an “AI-powered…
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Something Stinks – Episode 11: StoreMagic.ai Says AI Can Pick the Winners So You Don’t Have To
Sometimes an advertisement waits a few seconds before giving us a reason to start asking questions. This one managed it on the opening screen. The Facebook video served by Store Magic: AI Store Builder opened with the words “Unethical But Legal ways to start dropshipping — part 43.” Underneath the video, the advertisement promised a…
