How to integrate AI into your creative workflow without flattening your brand, eroding trust, or producing the same slop everyone else is running. Nathan and Gabby break down where AI actually adds leverage (production, research, workflow) versus where it quietly kills performance (ideation, concept, brand voice).

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00:00 Intro: AI and creative in 2026
01:55 Why consumer sentiment toward AI is lower than US Congress
05:08 The brands spending $200k/day on fully AI creative (and the catch)
07:18 Where AI actually saves time in the creative process
10:55 Why AI increases the value of creative strategists
13:16 The Mercedes chicken ad: why AI can't think like that
17:36 You can automate everything except ideation
19:31 The coaching program problem: when everyone runs the same ads
22:13 True Classic vs. a $10M brand: why context changes everything
24:50 Building trust as a small founder: where to start
26:37 The Trust Stack: credibility, certainty, connection
27:36 "It is not X, it is Y" and other AI tells to avoid
29:17 Final take: where to use AI (and where not to)

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