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Do you need Albert Einstein on your creative team?

Saatchi & Saatchi MEA's Nicolas Geahchan explains why emotional intelligence still reigns supreme in creative advertising.

Nicolas Geahchan, Senior Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi MEANicolas Geahchan, Senior Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi MEA

Artificial intelligence has become a powerful force in the advertising world. It can analyse massive datasets, predict consumer behaviour, optimise ad placements and even generate copy or visuals.

In short, AI has a high IQ — some estimates place ChatGPT’s verbal IQ as high as 155, putting it in the top 0.1 per cent of human test-takers. But in an industry where emotion drives action, one question looms large: Can AI truly understand and create with emotional intelligence?
Creative core of advertising
At its heart, advertising is not just about selling — it’s about connecting. The most memorable campaigns don’t just inform; they move people.

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the authorAnup Oommen
Anup Oommen is the Editor of Campaign Middle East at Motivate Media Group, a well-reputed moderator, and a multiple award-winning journalist with more than 15 years of experience at some of the most reputable and credible global news organisations, including Reuters, CNN, and Motivate Media Group. As the Editor of Campaign Middle East, Anup heads market-leading coverage of advertising, media, marketing, PR, events and experiential, digital, the wider creative industries, and more, through the brand’s digital, print, events, directories, podcast and video verticals. As such he’s a key stakeholder in the Campaign Global brand, the world’s leading authority for the advertising, marketing and media industries, which was first published in the UK in 1968.