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- Apr 1, 2019
I'd originally typed this up as a shitpost but decided not to post it because it was "too unrealistic". Netflix just decided to prove me wrong!
One day, some company is going to come up with the bright idea of ads that detect what they're being displayed next to and use AI to customize themselves to relate to it. It's going to go absolutely horribly and will be phased out after the first ad campaign. Just imagine:
You're scrolling through your social media feed and see a post about a family member having had a miscarriage. As you start typing up your condolences, an ad for Oreos pops up, and you can't believe your eyes...
"Belly feeling lighter? Fill the hole in your stomach—and your heart—with our new Passionfruit Oreos, available at select retailers for a limited time!"
All it takes is one little slip-up, one little accidental jailbreak or hallucination at an inopportune moment, for it to become a PR holocaust for whoever's running the ads. It doesn't even have to be that bad; even acknowledging a personal tragedy like that at all to advertise to someone ("Loved ones feeling down? Put a smile on their faces with our new[...]") will be enough to form the lynch mob. In fact, it doesn't even matter if the ad is real at all—it might've actually been about the Hawaii vacation photos above it and just said "Say 'Aloha' to our new Oreo™ flavor!", but it'll be impossible to disprove any half-convincing photoshop when every ad is unique and not personally vetted by a human, and people will be quick to believe it out of our ever-increasing hatred for how far the advertising industry has gone.
One day, some company is going to come up with the bright idea of ads that detect what they're being displayed next to and use AI to customize themselves to relate to it. It's going to go absolutely horribly and will be phased out after the first ad campaign. Just imagine:
You're scrolling through your social media feed and see a post about a family member having had a miscarriage. As you start typing up your condolences, an ad for Oreos pops up, and you can't believe your eyes...
"Belly feeling lighter? Fill the hole in your stomach—and your heart—with our new Passionfruit Oreos, available at select retailers for a limited time!"
All it takes is one little slip-up, one little accidental jailbreak or hallucination at an inopportune moment, for it to become a PR holocaust for whoever's running the ads. It doesn't even have to be that bad; even acknowledging a personal tragedy like that at all to advertise to someone ("Loved ones feeling down? Put a smile on their faces with our new[...]") will be enough to form the lynch mob. In fact, it doesn't even matter if the ad is real at all—it might've actually been about the Hawaii vacation photos above it and just said "Say 'Aloha' to our new Oreo™ flavor!", but it'll be impossible to disprove any half-convincing photoshop when every ad is unique and not personally vetted by a human, and people will be quick to believe it out of our ever-increasing hatred for how far the advertising industry has gone.