4 ms·

Has anyone built the AI web browser yet? The one that redraws any image you might find offensive, rewords advertisements, and rephrases comments to be positive?

Has anyone built the AI web browser yet? The one that redraws any image you might find offensive, rewords advertisements, and rephrases comments to be positive? That would be cool?

causality0 2y ago
In the past I've had fun with extensions that randomize genders and ethnicities.
A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
Hah. It is still early morning so I let my mind run wild for a while. I am not aware of any public facing projects that do that, but in my minds eye I saw polymorphic browser adjusting its code to meet the new AI web that is constantly in flux. You want privacy? It stamps out any attempts at fingerprinting by attempting to be the most common browser (and config) out there, it spoofs any and all identifying data, it redraws pages without paywalls, without cookie notices and puts all pages in simple text output mode removing all other ads in the process, but keeps pictures for fora that use them. You want 1984? It won't let you see anything that is not approved by the party. Onwards, to our glorious future. edit: Valuemaxx edition. Store pages with discounts have bruteforced discounts found and added for maximum value. It already is crazy. I can't even begin to imagine it being more crazy.
- mensetmanusman 2y ago
  This should exist. You could get to such low bandwidth with such a system. Every image could be replaced by a description. Etc.
TacticalCoder 2y ago
> The one that redraws any image you might find offensive, rewords advertisements, and rephrases comments to be positive? You're kidding but I've already toyed with using AI models to analyze browsers' screenshots and determining if it's likely phishing or not and it works very well.
- jay-barronville 2y ago
  > […] I've already toyed with using AI models to analyze browsers' screenshots and determining if it's likely phishing or not and it works very well. Assuming the AI is comparing screenshots of real versus phishing, it can only figure it out for poorly done phishing websites. As phishing scams get more sophisticated with scam websites that look exactly like the real ones, the only things that truly matter are protocols (i.e., HTTP versus HTTPS), domains, URL’s, certificates, etc.
- keeda 2y ago
  Very interesting, I'm working on exactly the same problem from a couple different angles, but I'm not having much luck. I have negligible background in AI/ML or computer vision however, so I'm most certainly Holding it Wrong (TM). My general approach has been trying to generate embeddings using smaller models like MobileNet and ResNet (not trained or finetuned or anything) and using similarity metrics like Cosine distance, but there's too many false positives. If you can disclose it, would you be willing to expand on what has worked for you?
krona 2y ago
I would call it Soma in reference to Brave New World.
echelon 2y ago
This would kill Google if it caught on.
- kylebenzle 2y ago
  This IS Google.
kylebenzle 2y ago
That is 100% what Facebook and Google are doing now with targeted ads and search results. Most people already only see the web the way Google wants them to see it.
- brookst 2y ago
  True, but to be fair this isn’t Google being ideological. They’re just responding to customer signals that customers prefer content to be shaped. If there was more CLV in one-size-fits-all search results, Google would do that. There’s an argument that Google should not cater to our preferences, but I don’t think I buy it.
  - Hizonner 2y ago
    Google's customers are advertisers, not you.
  - rvba 2y ago
    There was an article here 2 or 3 months ago about the person responsible for making google search so much worse. So arguably google does not respond to customers anymore. Shareholders? Maybe. But probably those who prefer short term gain, not long term value. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40133976 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40133976
lincon127 2y ago
Well, that sounds horrifying.
talldayo 2y ago
Yes: https://github.com/alganzory/HaramBlur https://github.com/alganzory/HaramBlur
- jay-barronville 2y ago
  > Yes: https://github.com/alganzory/HaramBlur https://github.com/alganzory/HaramBlur No. This is more similar to an ad blocker, but focused on helping Muslims respect their religious standards while they browse the web. I’m not a Muslim, but it makes perfect sense to me. Good for them—I see no problem with it.
  - stoperaticless 2y ago
    Mixed feelings. Somebody installs it for him/her-self. Sure, power to you! Neibhour in non-muslim state installs it for their children: their right, but feels fishy regarding child right to truth.
    - jay-barronville 2y ago
      > […] their right, but feels fishy regarding child right to truth. I’m not sure what’s fishy about it. Parents have always controlled what their children should have access to and consume. The entire concept of “parental controls” exists for this reason—we’ve always understood a parent’s rights over their children and none of that was at all controversial until like 5 minutes ago. This is a digression anyway, so I’ll just stop there…
  - umbra07 2y ago
    Yes, let's encourage gender divides and backwards thinking.
    - jay-barronville 2y ago
      > Yes, let's encourage gender divides and backwards thinking. I’m sorry that everyone in the world doesn’t think the way you’d like them to. I know lots of Muslims, both male and female, and they’re perfectly normal to me. In fact, some of them are some of the most wholesome folks I know: Humble and hardworking humans who build and love their families, and of course, believe in something much greater than themselves. I see nothing “backwards” about that.
dudeinjapan 2y ago
Startup idea #72831: Build "Nostalgia" browser which uses AI to convert every page to Web 1.0, complete with "Under Construction" banners and CGI visitor counters.
- linotype 2y ago
  +1, I’d pay for a license.
AStonesThrow 2y ago
"Guys, I am just pleased as punch to inform you that there are two thermo-nuclear missiles headed this way... if you don't mind, I'm gonna go ahead and take evasive action." -- Eddie, the Shipboard Computer (Douglas Adams)
deleted 2y ago
[deleted]
BlueTemplar 2y ago
There have been a bunch of more or less jokey browser extensions over the years replacing some specific words by others.
mempoolsurfer 2y ago
[dead]

Has anyone built the AI web browser yet? The one that redraws any image you might find offensive, rewords advertisements, and rephrases comments to be positive? That would be cool?

causality0 2y ago

In the past I've had fun with extensions that randomize genders and ethnicities.

A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago

Hah. It is still early morning so I let my mind run wild for a while. I am not aware of any public facing projects that do that, but in my minds eye I saw polymorphic browser adjusting its code to meet the new AI web that is constantly in flux. You want privacy? It stamps out any attempts at fingerprinting by attempting to be the most common browser (and config) out there, it spoofs any and all identifying data, it redraws pages without paywalls, without cookie notices and puts all pages in simple text output mode removing all other ads in the process, but keeps pictures for fora that use them. You want 1984? It won't let you see anything that is not approved by the party. Onwards, to our glorious future. edit: Valuemaxx edition. Store pages with discounts have bruteforced discounts found and added for maximum value. It already is crazy. I can't even begin to imagine it being more crazy.

mensetmanusman 2y ago
This should exist. You could get to such low bandwidth with such a system. Every image could be replaced by a description. Etc.

TacticalCoder 2y ago

> The one that redraws any image you might find offensive, rewords advertisements, and rephrases comments to be positive? You're kidding but I've already toyed with using AI models to analyze browsers' screenshots and determining if it's likely phishing or not and it works very well.

jay-barronville 2y ago
> […] I've already toyed with using AI models to analyze browsers' screenshots and determining if it's likely phishing or not and it works very well. Assuming the AI is comparing screenshots of real versus phishing, it can only figure it out for poorly done phishing websites. As phishing scams get more sophisticated with scam websites that look exactly like the real ones, the only things that truly matter are protocols (i.e., HTTP versus HTTPS), domains, URL’s, certificates, etc.
keeda 2y ago
Very interesting, I'm working on exactly the same problem from a couple different angles, but I'm not having much luck. I have negligible background in AI/ML or computer vision however, so I'm most certainly Holding it Wrong (TM). My general approach has been trying to generate embeddings using smaller models like MobileNet and ResNet (not trained or finetuned or anything) and using similarity metrics like Cosine distance, but there's too many false positives. If you can disclose it, would you be willing to expand on what has worked for you?

krona 2y ago

I would call it Soma in reference to Brave New World.

echelon 2y ago

This would kill Google if it caught on.

kylebenzle 2y ago
This IS Google.

kylebenzle 2y ago

That is 100% what Facebook and Google are doing now with targeted ads and search results. Most people already only see the web the way Google wants them to see it.

brookst 2y ago
True, but to be fair this isn’t Google being ideological. They’re just responding to customer signals that customers prefer content to be shaped. If there was more CLV in one-size-fits-all search results, Google would do that. There’s an argument that Google should not cater to our preferences, but I don’t think I buy it.
- Hizonner 2y ago
  Google's customers are advertisers, not you.
- rvba 2y ago
  There was an article here 2 or 3 months ago about the person responsible for making google search so much worse. So arguably google does not respond to customers anymore. Shareholders? Maybe. But probably those who prefer short term gain, not long term value. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40133976 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40133976

lincon127 2y ago

Well, that sounds horrifying.

talldayo 2y ago

Yes: https://github.com/alganzory/HaramBlur https://github.com/alganzory/HaramBlur

jay-barronville 2y ago
> Yes: https://github.com/alganzory/HaramBlur https://github.com/alganzory/HaramBlur No. This is more similar to an ad blocker, but focused on helping Muslims respect their religious standards while they browse the web. I’m not a Muslim, but it makes perfect sense to me. Good for them—I see no problem with it.
- stoperaticless 2y ago
  Mixed feelings. Somebody installs it for him/her-self. Sure, power to you! Neibhour in non-muslim state installs it for their children: their right, but feels fishy regarding child right to truth.
  - jay-barronville 2y ago
    > […] their right, but feels fishy regarding child right to truth. I’m not sure what’s fishy about it. Parents have always controlled what their children should have access to and consume. The entire concept of “parental controls” exists for this reason—we’ve always understood a parent’s rights over their children and none of that was at all controversial until like 5 minutes ago. This is a digression anyway, so I’ll just stop there…
- umbra07 2y ago
  Yes, let's encourage gender divides and backwards thinking.
  - jay-barronville 2y ago
    > Yes, let's encourage gender divides and backwards thinking. I’m sorry that everyone in the world doesn’t think the way you’d like them to. I know lots of Muslims, both male and female, and they’re perfectly normal to me. In fact, some of them are some of the most wholesome folks I know: Humble and hardworking humans who build and love their families, and of course, believe in something much greater than themselves. I see nothing “backwards” about that.

dudeinjapan 2y ago

Startup idea #72831: Build "Nostalgia" browser which uses AI to convert every page to Web 1.0, complete with "Under Construction" banners and CGI visitor counters.

linotype 2y ago
+1, I’d pay for a license.

AStonesThrow 2y ago

"Guys, I am just pleased as punch to inform you that there are two thermo-nuclear missiles headed this way... if you don't mind, I'm gonna go ahead and take evasive action." -- Eddie, the Shipboard Computer (Douglas Adams)

deleted 2y ago

[deleted]

BlueTemplar 2y ago

There have been a bunch of more or less jokey browser extensions over the years replacing some specific words by others.

mempoolsurfer 2y ago

[dead]