🎧 Listen Up: AI is Invading Your Playlist
Written & edited by: 😛 Helen Fu and 🐸 Clarise Liu
Choosing which songs to play on repeat, how to curate a playlist, and selecting which artists to support are points of pride for many. What happens to listeners, musicians, and the future of the music industry when artists are no longer human?
🤵 Who’s Actually Serving? The Evolving Landscape of Service Design
Written & edited by: 😈 Niki Wang
From AI-powered drive-thrus to robot baristas, humans are steadily getting removed from the service equation. While, human service workers can make mistakes, do we value that face-to-face interaction over “perfection” and efficiency?
🏈 Fun — New Age Super Bowl Ads
Written & edited by: 🦑 Kaitlyn Ng
While Super Bowl ads have always been a chance for brands to get creative, this year offered endless possibilities due to the rapid advancement of AI creative software. One notable example is Dunkin’ Donuts’ “Good Will Dunkin’”, in which famous actors were de-aged with AI to play roles in a mock 90s sitcom.
The main role of marketing is get a consumer to buy your product. A balance to consider is whether the lower costs of AI are worth the potential public backlash from utilizing AI, deterring from the task at hand.
🤔 Who’s behind the scenes?
The editors behind this week’s issue are 😛 Helen Fu, 👽 Joelle Lee, 🐸 Clarise Liu, 😈 Niki Wang, and 🦑 Kaitlyn Ng
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