downpunxx@fedia.io to Technology@lemmy.world · 4 months agoYouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsoletewww.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square354fedilinkarrow-up1272arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squarecRazi_man@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoIt becomes an AI war. They will use AI to make ads to get around the AI blocking. The ads will end up looking very similar to the content. Ad: “Hey guys. It’s ya boy, NordVPN, here today to tell you about the dangers of using the internet without my VPN…”
minus-squareApatheticCactus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI’d be watching a car accident compilation and a Buick starts trying to tell me to ask my doctor about Cymbalta. You know… I might actually watch that.
It becomes an AI war. They will use AI to make ads to get around the AI blocking. The ads will end up looking very similar to the content.
Ad: “Hey guys. It’s ya boy, NordVPN, here today to tell you about the dangers of using the internet without my VPN…”
I’d be watching a car accident compilation and a Buick starts trying to tell me to ask my doctor about Cymbalta. You know… I might actually watch that.