I hope you might be preparing for an exquisite season of giving, and taking a pause from all issues advertising and enterprise. For the final — properly, decade — I’ve ended the yr with a particular assessment.

This yr, AI appears to have taken all of the oxygen out of the advertising room. With a nod to these manufacturers feeling compelled to fill their advertising with AI-generated content material, 2024 felt somewhat grinchy. So, should you’ll indulge me:

Everybody in Advertising and marketing beloved creativity rather a lot,
However the executives operating the enterprise did NOT.

They hated Artistic! The sentiment! The traits!
Costly model campaigns with emotional ends.

They smirked on the memes; the artistic was so cute.
They sneered, “Who wants empathy once we’ve bought compute?”

“Have a look at these fools with their thought management fluff,
Brainstorming for hours — like that’s ever sufficient!
They’re sluggish and inefficient, caught of their methods,
Whereas I optimize content material in seconds, not days!”

Now, with a neural internet hum and a Tesla-like purr,
AI discovered all their content material in a single swift blur.
They launched drones over Jersey with aptitude,
And rewrote their adverts with a chilly, bot-generated air.

Gone have been tales, the enjoyment, and the enjoyable,
Changed with AI: “Delving and evolving financial savings! Purchase one, get one!”
Advertisements smacking and packing with gerunds galore,
Whereas bots buzzed in circles and crashed on the door.

And because the execs deliberate to put off the crew,
The tech bros bought collectively and logged in with a scheme.
Sam Altman posted, “Let’s optimize pleasure with OpenAI aptitude!”
Whereas Bezos declared, “Creativity’s useless — AI will write with extra care!”

Sundar Pichai chimed, “Productiveness’s key! No delay!”
“AI will ship Advertising and marketing’s Christmas, the Google approach!”

However approach down within the entrepreneurs’ nook, the groups regrouped,
Ignoring the chaos of tech-bro loops.
They slowed down, creating stuff people would really feel.
Not algorithms or billionaires making a steal.

They crafted sluggish tales with care and delight,
Handmade campaigns that felt human and brilliant.
Whereas AI churned dreck — chilly, soulless, and bland,
Their artistic magic flew, constructed by actual palms.

The execs stared down at their dashboards and feeds,
Perplexed by the magic that human pleasure breeds.
They paused their machines, uncertain what to say,
Because the entrepreneurs confirmed, they knew the best approach.

They didn’t want bots or predictive instructions,
Simply humor, emotion, and work from their palms.
They gathered in rooms with concepts to share,
Proving it’s people who give manufacturers their aptitude.

“What is that this?” the execs cried, “We will’t look away!
How did people outshine the facility of AI?”

They discovered that connection can’t be tracked on a chart,
And actual engagement begins with the center.

So, what occurred then? Nicely, in Advertising and marketing they are saying,
The execs’ sense of knowledge grew 5 sizes that day!
They joined the entrepreneurs, crafting captions with aptitude,
And helped Santa improve with Wi-Fi to spare.

Now, each Christmas, they play a small half,
Balancing massive knowledge with a marketer’s coronary heart.
And even Sam Altman, with a sheepish, small grin,
Writes human content material — with no AI spin.

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