Comment on I want an AI TV that blocks all forms of advertising.
TootSweet@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A pet pieve of mine is people randomly sticking the term “AI” into description of some tech.
You want ad blocking. (Which is based.) But you don’t want “AI”. If this can be done in a way that doesn’t qualify as “AI”, that would satisfy you, yes?
And using the term “AI” that way makes it clear you haven’t really thought through what you really even want in that feature. (Not that there’s anything particularly wrong with that, especially in a showerthoughts community, but it’s still kindof a “slaps me in the face” kind of thing.)
And the term “AI” is so imprecise anyway.
And particular kinds of “AI” are such a bubble right now. And that’s why everybody is sticking the word “AI” into random contexts for no fucking reason. But it’s also just gimmick at best and a huge scam at worst.
And “AI” is inevitably bad about false positives and such.
I’d really rather see the word “magic” than “AI” in this context. Because at least that admits that this is an idle wish and not something you think actual real-world adult humans should be seeking venture capital to do.
I’m sorry for taking this out on you specifically. You’re definitely not the first person I’ve seen do this.
fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They have absolutely thought through what they want in terms of features and the features they described absolutely require machine learning as it stands today. I cannot think of any other methods to remove advertisements from objects in a live video feed like the pitcher mound example op provides.
TootSweet@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Exactly. What you’re describing isn’t “AI.” It’s “magic.” And “AI” can’t do with OP wants either.
No “AI” solution we have any reason to expect we’ll be able to create in anything approaching the foreseeable future is going to be able to do anything remotely like this without ridiculous amounts of both false positives and false negatives.
By false positives in this case, I mean things like not coming back from the cool little slideshows until a minute past the end of the commercial break or obscuring important details of the show having falsely “concluded” that it’s a logo or some such.
And I would have assumed “without a lot of false positives” would have gone without saying. If OP is comfortable with lots of non-ad content blocked/obscured along with the ads, then I’ve got a 100% guaranteed zero-false-negatives solution that’ll fit OP’s requirements without involving a speck of “AI” involved that OP can implement right now: turn the TV off.