Which Mad Men Characters Would Reject or Embrace A.I.

Reaching "What if Don Draper had iPhone" levels of critical analysis here

Let’s start this by giving my two cents on the ever-present force of AI in our lives.

I HATE it and do not utilize ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini, or any of the countless others in my daily life. It doesn’t make life easier; it just seems to drive a wedge between us all further, especially in how we interact. The recent push to normalize AI in how we function, and especially in generating “art,” has made me yearn to live the hobo code Dick Whitman lifestyle away from electricity.

Unfortunately, living off the grid means I can’t watch Mad Men whenever I want. The future gives and the future takes.

These woes of the present have made me look to the past, Mad Men’s past. How would the characters of the show react to artificial intelligence? Would Peggy, Don, and Roger embrace it as an easy way to find more time to nap in the office, or would there be a few more nipples sliced off in the halls of Sterling Cooper and Partners?

Me after hearing “If you don’t learn this technology, you will be left behind” for the 400th time since 2023. (© AMC/Lionsgate)

On a scale of Harry Crane, who most likely falls in love with an AI chatbot and marries it, to Michael Ginsberg, who would require much more than just two nipples to cut off if he spent a minute on Facebook, let’s see how the characters react to AI.