MrBeast is wrong about AI

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MrBeast is wrong. It’s alright—I am wrong all the time.

But him adopting then renouncing AI is a reflection of the larger debate all creative types have today, including us marketers. He released an AI thumbnail generator, got backlash, pulled it within days, then declared AI-generated content was “scary times” for creators.

That whiplash isn’t just about bad PR management. It’s about not having a coherent philosophy about what creativity actually is and where AI fits into it. If the biggest YouTube star who ever lived doesn’t have one figured out, how are the rest of us supposed to?