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> "The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads." There is a strong argument that as long as they continue to publish and pr
by Zephyr314 10y ago
> "The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads."
There is a strong argument that as long as they continue to publish and produce open source (which they have been doing) then you could think of ads as just a source of funding and tons of data to continue to push the state of the art. It can also be a stepping stone to other ventures [1].
[1]: http://www.wsj.com/articles/where-would-we-be-without-internet-ads-1436120809 http://www.wsj.com/articles/where-would-we-be-without-intern...
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- cpeterso 10y agoSide benefits from the advertising-industrial complex?