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Are Synthetic Insights Better, Worse Or Just Different Than Human Ones?

Of all the parts of the advertising business I've covered during my career, I consider consumer research the most interesting, because it is insights about what people feel, think and do that underpins every part of successful advertising campaigns -- from strategy through ideation, targeting, execution and ultimately, measuring results. …

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  1. Luiz Duarte from UCF, May 21, 2026 at 11:59 a.m.

    I have been working on a white paper with my colleagues at Wortya (https://www.wortya.com) that can absolutely answer your question on how much AI distorts reality. We went beyong the traditional testing to learn exactly what makes it work or not. Bottom line, it does make a difference what inputs you are using, what prompts and what models. Knowing which is which is where the success and failure of companies in this new realm will depend on!

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