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Re:McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash by bavarianbob on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @08:57AM (#46217762)
I thought similarly to you, until I saw it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abRie4vAvJ4
Re:McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash by jamesbfb on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @09:12AM (#46217891)
It almost seems intentionally AI? If anything, if my job at Maccas…ahem, McDonald's (sorry, spot the Aussie) is in marketing, I’d expect to to be promptly fired if this wasn’t expected to pass for anything less than satire.
Re:McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash by NuclearPM on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @05:49PM (#46225091)
Do you have children’s names for other restaurants?
Re:McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash by kraquepype on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @09:12AM (#46217897)
Yeah, seeing it just once it looks like an ad with a terrible premise.

It certainly has an AI feel to it though, and I'm sure the more times you see it the more it falls apart.

On 1st watch the part that sticks out is the couple sitting by a window, who seem to be somehow sitting both inside AND outside at the same time.

Re:McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash by nixass on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @09:03AM (#46217816)
I still cannot see the bad part
Re:McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash by dymk on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @10:00AM (#46218422)
I am legitimately sorry
Re:McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash by alamortsubite on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @10:43AM (#46219009)
Have you ever ridden a bike over a canal? The ad was pushed in front of a lot of people who have. I thought it was creepy throughout, but I can't believe they used that clip up front.
Re:McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash by NetMageSCW on Thursday December 11, 2025 @10:31AM (#46232609)
“a lot of people” - citation needed.
Re:McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash by alamortsubite on Friday December 12, 2025 @08:56AM (#46244179)
You realize it was a Dutch ad, correct?
Re:McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash by array_key_first on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @07:08PM (#46225924)
You have to turn your monitor on, silly!