I pretty sure McDonald’s made the commercial purely for the “we used AI” stock market bump. It will have no effect on their sales and they know it and here’s why:
There’s hardly any actual food in the commercial. (Probably because the AI refused to make anything that wasn’t disgusting and nauseating. It’s called “AI slop” for a good reason.). The tried and true method of fast food ads is close ups of slow motion food porn.
Plus no one can afford to eat fast food anymore. The one nearest to me has like two people working in it and is a ghost town. 5 years ago it was fully staffed, 24/7 operating hours and you had to wait in line no matter what time it was. It was always crowded.
I think this represents a shift away from advertising to customers towards advertising to the stock market. Theoretically they could stop selling food and just use their IP as a speculation asset. The stock market is broken and you even don’t need to make a profit to keep your share price high. A literal infinite money glitch. Who knows what will happen when that comes crashing down but they don’t seem too worried about it. I’m worried though.
I pretty sure McDonald’s made the commercial purely for the “we used AI” stock market bump. It will have no effect on their sales and they know it and here’s why:
There’s hardly any actual food in the commercial. (Probably because the AI refused to make anything that wasn’t disgusting and nauseating. It’s called “AI slop” for a good reason.). The tried and true method of fast food ads is close ups of slow motion food porn.
Plus no one can afford to eat fast food anymore. The one nearest to me has like two people working in it and is a ghost town. 5 years ago it was fully staffed, 24/7 operating hours and you had to wait in line no matter what time it was. It was always crowded.
I think this represents a shift away from advertising to customers towards advertising to the stock market. Theoretically they could stop selling food and just use their IP as a speculation asset. The stock market is broken and you even don’t need to make a profit to keep your share price high. A literal infinite money glitch. Who knows what will happen when that comes crashing down but they don’t seem too worried about it. I’m worried though.