How do you reach people who are still hazy about AI? Print a physical lifestyle magazine, apparently.
You spot it on the magazine rack, right next to copies of Yoga Journal and Vegetarian Times: a glossy publication called AI Life. On the cover is an attractive young woman, her brown hair rippling over her shoulders, as she gazes thoughtfully at the potential reader. Her skin is paper-smooth. Her deep-blue shirt looks like it’s made of rubber.
The subheads listed on the cover actually read like AI text: “AI Apps: Roundup of generative AI apps on the market.” “Smarter homes: Embrace connected living.” Even the name of the periodical feels like something only ChatGPT would come up with: “artificial intelligence” and “life” are quite the pairing. (It’s also the first magazine title you’ve even seen that ends in a period, as if any debate stops here).
You’re tempted. You really are. You’re curious how a physical magazine—something with dimensions, texture, heft—tackles such an ethereal topic. A digital phenomenon so automated, it makes the three-dimensional world seem irrelevant.
But then you step past it, scan your items, and leave.
Maybe you’d read an interview with Tilly Norwood. You can only imagine what she thinks about.
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