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Artificial intelligence, the advertising industry, our role and happiness.

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Where’s all this leading to? I’m no expert, so these are just a few musings. There are people around who are far more knowledgeable than I, who have already examined this subject in depth, so I’m not going to attempt to do that. But sometimes it’s fun to go down the rabbit hole.  So here we go… Like that odd-looking penguin from Wallace and Gromit, artificial intelligence has just arrived on our doorsteps holding a little suitcase. He blinks out at us, but gives nothing away. Personally, I’m feeling a bit suspicious, and I suspect you are too We see more and more AI entering our daily lives, often working in the background and unnoticed so it's difficult to measure its impact. Many of us in the creative industry are putting on a positive face, saying it’s great for ideas generation, a tool, a new string to our bow. Who are we kidding?  AI will soon have no problem with generating concepts, graphics and ideas that resonate and have meaning, and it will be better than us.  Speak to 

The Insider's guide to colour blindness

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  As a child, for some reason, I’d always fancied wearing glasses. I can’t remember why exactly now. But I think I’d filed "spectacles" somewhere under “gadget” and gadgets were cool. They were a brilliant prop, something you could hide behind, something to look over to demean your enemies, and I've heard they correct your vision too. Sadly, my excellent eyesight was having none of it. I always felt slightly robbed of an alter ego after passing an eye test, leaving the opticians empty-handed, armed only with my perfectly acceptable vision. Damn you! Eyes! But a fateful optometrist visit was to change all that forever. After predictably getting the all-clear, I retreated to the optician's book corner and absent-mindedly thumbed through the books on display. I picked up one of those dotty, psychedelic colour blind tests. After reading a few numbers out loud, my mum thought I might have a problem recognising colours. The optician confirmed this to be true. His words? &qu