Personalization was meant to be intuitive, helpful, and delightful but often feels invasive and irrelevant.Many marketers have focused on behavioral data without context, consent, or common sense, resulting in empathy-poor personalization.AI-powered personalization lacks understanding of context, tone, and timing, leading to off-putting experiences for users.To improve personalization, marketing teams should focus on context, use zero-party data, involve human review, and build digital literacy.