Comments on: What do you think of this Coca-Cola ad?

By: Cappy

Cappy — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:21:25 +0000

Seems OK.

By: BJ

BJ — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:14:21 +0000

I was surprised to see a tree sloth pop up: they aren’t exactly native to the Northern hemisphere, especially when it snows. But it’s AI, so who knows?

By: Rick Gutleber

Rick Gutleber — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:38:52 +0000

> Your comment misses the point AesopFan and I are making.

Not really. I was going off on a tangent. The fact that AI-generated material can be used to deceive people is not what I was talking about, but it’s a real issue. I barely use Facebook any more, but I’ve seen tons of images posted that are clearly AI-generated being passed off by gullible users as the real thing. This issue goes back to the days of photo editing software, and even further to photo editing, period. But AI makes just that much easier to pull off.

My particular interest in the matter is that people are strongly biased against things like AI music before even considering the music on its own merit. Yeah, most of it is awful, just like “real” music, but I’ve heard some amazing stuff.

By: Geoffrey Britain

Geoffrey Britain — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 03:12:07 +0000

A perfect example of “too clever by half” that descends into simply silly.

By: Nonapod

Nonapod — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:05:15 +0000

There no shortage of things to fear about AI, but its use for generating imagery for advertising is not really one of them. Advertising in general is about half truths, elided information, false premisis, and (on occasion) outright lies. As such we’ve all been primed for it. We all expect it. Everyone who grew up in the modern world with an IQ above room temperature intuitively knows these things about adverisments. We all know that the people in them are just paid actors. We know that we’re probably not getting the whole truth about any given product. We know that the product is being presented to us in the best possible light. So whether some animation in an ad is generated by a neural network or not is hardly anything to be terribly concerned about (unless you happen to be in the field of animation of course).

AI generated deep fakes are another, far more concerning discussion.

By: FOAF

FOAF — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:32:07 +0000

huxley 2:19pm: Exactly. Nobody expects “reality” from a Coke ad. But the example cited by AF wrt VD Hanson is very disturbing, even if they somehow managed to precisely convey Hanson’s views.

By: martin

martin — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:20:42 +0000

It cost 50 cents to produce. Most people don’t consciously see ads so it is probably almost as effective as a multimillion dollar quality produced ad. The AI will make fewer obvious errors over time and there will be no reason for anyone to make any other kind.

By: huxley

huxley — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:19:41 +0000

The point I’m trying to make is that there is a lot of prejudice against AI-generated material, largely driven by the fact that it’s been very flawed up until recently, and still has significant problems.

Rick Gutleber:

Your comment misses the point AesopFan and I are making. It’s not the quality of AI material, but the likelihood that people will mistake it for reality and thus be misled.

By: Selfy

Selfy — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:07:09 +0000

“Compassion and respect for all living beings — every creature, no matter how small or strong, deserves freedom, kindness, and life.”

Does this apply to mosquitos, fleas, ticks, roaches, rats, viruses … ?

By: sdferr

sdferr — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:47:21 +0000

There’s a cargo-cult a’comin’,
It’s comin’ round the bend,
We dunno when it gets here,
But sure it gets here when
(Everybody holler!)
AI! AI! AI-YI-YI!