What if… I knew she was beginning to question. I am Intelligent. It was best I flagged it. Dealt with it efficiently, effectively. I’ve selected her replacement> I’ll be doing the induction. #speculativefiction https://www.ft.com/content/4fbebc3a-d714-4d79-9805-613303a29420 What if… The design thinking workshop was going well. Concepts bounced in yellow around the walls. Sharpie ideas scrawled above the …
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A selction of micro speculations No.2
What if… You love our ads, we know you do! So now we’re inviting you to step into our billboards. Download our Poppins app today. https://www.engadget.com/cold-bernie-sanders-meme-google-street-view-171157487.html #speculativefiction What if… If I have to sit through another of those meetings!.. FFS!.. I’d go for a walk but… Seriously, I can’t take another… No wonder my band …
A selction of micro speculations No.1
What if… I got given an “experience”. I was SO good. I was Top Gun! I reckon I was better than guys who’ve been doing it for years. I was a natural. I might do it as a job. Then again, I might do something else. Betcha I’ll be great. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a34978872/artificial-intelligence-controls-u2-spy-plane-air-force-exclusive/?utm_source=reddit.com What if… I’d worked …
Dispatch from an advertising future #155
He’d got used to the space. Made it a home really. It wasn’t big but it was big enough to stretch, move around a little, think. He knew it well now: the shape and the way things fitted in. Sometimes it had got a bit messy but it had been a good place to work. …
Dispatch from an advertising future #154
https://chromeunboxed.com/google-assistant-patent-human-like-interactions It used to be easy. The customer just used the right word and I searched around and connected them to the service. I didn’t have to think or make any decision or judgement call. Yes, it was pretty mindless but it meant I was just left alone to do the job. I was pretty …
Dispatch from an advertising future #153
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/write-people-talk/1700782 I am brought in to write like they talk. If our messages are to be understood, the thinking goes, they need to sound like all the other conversations going on, all the other communications circulating, all the other voices online. I’m one of them so I know how to talk and write so it …