Aren’t they legally required to indicate that an ad is playing? Should be almost trivial to detect.
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ramble81@lemm.ee 3 months ago
This is where AI would come in handy. Start scrubbing the buffer as it’s coming in to identify the difference and jump past it.
Azzu@lemm.ee 3 months ago
roofuskit@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’m the US? I think only if a child is watching.
cRazi_man@lemm.ee 3 months ago
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…”
Kowowow@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Then you start using ai to put in anti ads that point out all the bad stuff about the usual ad subjects, I’d say get as code to libel/slander as possible without risking a lawsuit
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Whatever happened to ad placement lol
ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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.