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Korry Smith's avatar

i love this. I was going to write something like this, though focused more on the advertisement as a tool for bridging the unfamiliarity of the technology. I actually like this way better.

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Patrick Kho's avatar

Thank you korry!

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Jessica Ramos's avatar

LOVED THIS PIECE. Those ads were awesome. I'm so against the current humanization of AI through campaigns, especially that horrible Friend campaign and product. Anyways, this is def one of my favorite essays on this platform.

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Patrick Kho's avatar

Wow what a compliment! Thank you!

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kaptan's avatar

Really interesting piece! I agree, sadly the death of tech-optimism is also making tech ads more boring, focusing on survival tools or “human touch”.. But I will say perhaps gaming companies still have a better chance? I love the new PlayStation ads, they do remind of an earlier time for the brand. Thanks a lot!

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Patrick Kho's avatar

I do think gaming companies definitely have a better chance! I think fashion and beauty's been doing some interesting things in the space too

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Rafaela Kottou's avatar

frankly an awesome piece, those early PlayStation ads are so interesting

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Patrick Kho's avatar

thank you Rafi!

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YK's avatar

Amazing piece, don't know of you've seen but recently Playstation had another go at making some cool adverts recently. Look up "It happens on ps5" on YouTube. I gotta say I thought they were dope

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