machina.mondays // No Suits, Just Circuits: The New Mad Men
From digital twins to self-driving campaigns, AI has left the back office — it’s on the billboard. The human–machine line is shifting, and the next Mad Men might not even be men.
In this Issue: AI advertising moves from helper to maker, with platforms piloting self-driving campaigns and agencies shifting to guardrails over assets. Spotlight dissects Elon Musk’s “limbic one-shot” claim, contrasting emotional capture with economic reality. In-Focus covers YouTube’s quiet AI edits and the consent gap. We track bot-led hiring, a wobbling AI market as projects flop, and ask if AI-made culture enriches creativity or dissolves shared experience. Perspectives include Sam Altman on the “dead internet” and Warner Bros. Discovery’s IP fight.
