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Ad blocking seems like a possible application for machine learning, to distinguish between ads and content. Anti-ad blocking also seems like a possible applica
by mikequinlan 9y ago
Ad blocking seems like a possible application for machine learning, to distinguish between ads and content.
Anti-ad blocking also seems like a possible application for machine learning, to distinguish clients that are blocking ads and those that are not.
In a battle between the two it seems like the anti-ad blocking side will win. They have resources (big companies with lots of money and server farms, versus small developers and browser-adons) and incentive (earning money versus improving my web experience).
I use an ad-blocker but I am not optimistic about the future of ad-blockers.
- luch 9y agoUsing machine learning for ad blocking suffers from the same issue malware detection has : your "environment" will actively try to game your detection system, which can greatly hinders the learning phase. I'm not entirely sure AI is currently fit to solve cat-and-mouse games such as ad blocking.
- aethertron 9y agoIf anti-ad-blocking countermeasures compel ads to become undetectable as ads, then they would, it seems, become non-popups, non-animated, silent, and not mess with webpage layouts. So, less annoying. That outcome looks like a significant victory to me. I am still optimistic about ad-blocking. Because the client system has the final say for how websites are displayed.