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> The real question is whether users will tolerate conversational ads Unfortunately I think they will, as much as I'd hope for the opposite. People already to
by thewebguyd 5mo ago
> The real question is whether users will tolerate conversational ads
Unfortunately I think they will, as much as I'd hope for the opposite.
People already tolerate influencers, deliberate product placement, etc. Heck, most big content creator type content on YouTube/TikTok right now are basically infomercials disguised as entertainment, and people eat it up.
The problem with ads in LLM responses is now you can no longer trust (what little you could, anyway) the output. You have to constantly guess "did someone pay for this response or is it authentic?" and it goes further than just text responses with the new universal shopping cart thing and other agentic tools. When these things operate autonomously, how much influence are advertisers going to have? Could we see a malicious library pay for Gemini ads and now the coding model is adding it to coding projects?
- kiba 5mo agoAll the more reason to go local.
- thayne 5mo agoWhen the only local options are Walmart and maybe Target and the local Kroger subsidiary, it isn't much better.
- pavlus 5mo agoI'd assume they meant self-hosted inference.
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- thayne 5mo agoOhhhh... Yeah that makes sense. There's still the possibility of some form of ads getting embedded in local models, or biases that favor certain sponsored content, which is one reason why having more than just the weights open is important. But that's probably a less immediate threat.