Months earlier, Apple apologized for an ad it ran where the company quite literally crushed objects representing human creativity, in favor of an iPad. It wasn’t an ad for AI, but it had the same effect: technology that reduces our humanity.
The most extreme example of these AI ads came from an AI startup called Friend. The startup released a promotional video showing how lonely young people could have a virtual companion in the startup’s AI device that they wear around their neck, instead of talking to others.