AI Will Make Advertising Harder
VraserX · x · 2026-07-19
The author argues that once AI starts making purchasing decisions for humans, advertising will become less effective because AI lacks insecurities, impulse control issues, or the need to please others through consumption.
He concludes that rational consumers are terrible for business, and such tools will erode the psychological levers that traditional advertising relies on.
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