[BugsJustFindMe]

> As compared to the "schlub writes an email" video, which was compelling, funny

OP is right, though. What you're calling "compelling" and "funny" seems very much also like messages telling you to that it's ok to lie to everyone around you including your family and friends. That's not a funny message to me. It's an appalling one.

[stackghost]

Absolutely nobody is going to see these ads and to "Ah, well, now that I have seen this ad I will start lying".

That person is already lying about stuff. We've all done it.

I think the real indictment against Apple (and AI more broadly) is that this is the best use case for their supposedly revolutionary technology that they could come up with.

[Thorrez]

I don't want to interact with people who lie. I don't want to interact with people who say lying is a good thing. Apple is saying lying is a good thing ("genius") in some of these ads.

[addicted]

> Absolutely nobody is going to see these ads and to "Ah, well, now that I have seen this ad I will start lying".

I don’t think anyone is claiming these ads will get people to start lying. The claim is that lying to your loved ones is good and makes you smart is indeed the message these ads are sending.

People do lie. But they don’t usually feel good about it. These ads send the message that not only is that good, but Apple Intelligence will make you even better at lying.

It’s just a bad message.

[InDubioProRubio]

Loneliness is the product that creates more markets to fill the void.

[michaelt]

> What you're calling "compelling" and "funny" seems very much also like messages telling you to that it's ok to lie to everyone around you including your family and friends.

Eh, "lovable but lazy dumbass forgot something and has to lie their way out of it" is a pretty standard trope of boomer sitcom humour.

Just imagine these ads, but the person using AI was Homer Simpson.

[actionablefiber]

A lot of sitcom tropes involve behaviors that are repulsive in real life.