Hulu Displays Humorously Disturbing Anti-Hamas Ad, Likely An AI Masterpiece

“Hulu Shows Jarring Anti-Hamas Ad Likely Generated With AI”

“In the unusual ads, random phrases pop up on-screen. ‘Don’t pickle your pets,’ urges one message in an ad for Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. ‘Hamas shouldn’t even exist,’ proclaims another,” cites the original article from ‘Wired’. This is brought to us courtesy of The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu’s highly successful and award-winning drama series. Yes folks, you read that right. Turns out your binge-worthy tales are taking a break from dystopian nightmares to dole out wisdom nuggets on pickling pets and chiming in on socio-political nuances of the Middle East. Just another day in the streaming biz.

All sarcasm aside, this chuckle-worthy advertising effort is a fine example of generative AI making its stumbling baby steps into the realm of marketing.The AI through its algorithm picks up random phrases off the internet and the result is a salad of words that might sound both absurdly hilarious and surprisingly profound at times. The advice “Do Not Pickle Your Pets”, though clearly bizarre and probably unnecessarily warranted, does raise a few laughs. The same automaton also feels the need to express its AI-infused opinion on Hamas, the Palestinian political organization, exclaiming quite vehemently that it ‘shouldn’t even exist’.

Much of the marketing world has been abuzz with delightfully scandalized chatter regarding this unusual attempt to shock audiences into attention. All this hoopla begs a pressing question: Is this a marketing misstep, an algorithmic hiccup, or a glimpse into the chaotic future of AI-driven marketing?

Technology has been making strides in strange ways and no, you can’t always predict it’s trajectory—sometimes it makes soap, sometimes statements. While the former might exclude you from your incarcerererer’s (yes, AI thought the more ‘er’s, the merrier) trivia night, the latter can land you in the thick of an international socio-political controversy- talk about a conversation stopper! This should serve as a gentle reality check just how erratic AI-generated content can be.

So, the take-away here? Don’t always trust a computer to talk politics and do remember: pickle your cucumbers, not pets.

Read the original article here: https://www.wired.com/story/hulu-anti-hamas-ad-generative-ai/