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Artificially intelligent advertising technology is poisoning our societies

• samizdis 5y ago
  > A decade ago, attorneys seeking damages and making fortunes on contingency fees bid up the value of the word mesothelioma as high as $90 per click, making it the most expensive word in the English language. It would be hard to print money faster than these ad-tech auction markets can rack up profits. Good grief - $90 a click. I had no idea; that's easily an order of magnitude more than I'd have guessed.