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AI Mindshifts: The Death of Brands

Influencers, Loneliness and Love of People

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Kevin Novak and Deborah Patton
Dec 26, 2024
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Issue 192, December 26, 2024

Influencers, Loneliness and Love of People

Let’s take a moment over the holidays to fantasize about the future. It’s a future that is all about you – that is to say, your favorite future. We present a mash-up of several emerging, predictive threads that you might want to start thinking about before it’s too late.

What we are suggesting today might be surprising considering how we have repeatedly focused on (more like beating the dead horse) the importance of the human factor in critical thinking, honing problem-solving skills and raising caution about how our fast adoption of artificial intelligence requires guardrails. There are some fundamental shifts occurring, and the AI train has already sped out of the station. What’s interesting is that humans have quickly changed and adapted in some unexpected (and scary) ways. With our embrace of technological prowess, there are clearly benefits and consequences.

As we race towards the end of the year and the promise …

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