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Virgin’s ingenious campaign shows the limitations of AI art

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The creative potential of artificial intelligence has become one of the hottest topics in the creative world over the past few years. Some fear it could replace jobs – and it already does in some fields. But AI still can’t “think,” and many don’t think it’s truly creative.

Virgin and Made By Dyslexia have already set out to prove this by challenging AI models to innovate like celebrities with dyslexia. It turned out to be as weird as you might imagine

While some brands have embraced generative AI and incorporated it into their creative work, others have expressed active skepticism. We’ve seen KitKat tease AI image and text generators — and it doesn’t think they’ll replace its creative team anytime soon. But now Made by Dyslexia, (opens in a new tab) Virgin and creative agency FCB Inferno (opens in a new tab) are taking a deeper approach.

Their DyslexAI project challenges AI models to try to think like some of the world’s most famous dyslexics, from Leonardo da Vinci to Steve Jobs and Richard Branson, by asking questions that require lateral thinking. For example, “invent the telephone with a logo inspired by fruit” or “expand the record business”.

Speaking about the campaign, Virgin founder Branson said: “Artificial intelligence is already changing the way we work, live and interact. Used in the right way, artificial intelligence is the driving force for people with dyslexic thinking skills. The perfect co-pilot for the world moving forward. But technology cannot replicate the spontaneous, human, creative instinct that can lead to incredible innovation. Dyslexic people have unlimited power to change the world if everyone embraces their dyslexia thoughts.

Kate Griggs, CEO and founder of Made By Dyslexia, added: “Research has consistently told us that dyslexic thinking skills are critical to the workplace of the future, and with the rapid development of artificial intelligence and Adoption, the future is already here. Because while technology and artificial intelligence have evolved to take over many skills, they cannot replace sought-after soft skills such as innovation, lateral thinking, complex problem solving, and interpersonal skills, which are dyslexic thinking skills.

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