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Not new about LLMs. Targeted ads / big data is this. Another degree of capability, yes. But we have been trending here for a long time.
by plif 2mo ago
Not new about LLMs. Targeted ads / big data is this.
Another degree of capability, yes. But we have been trending here for a long time.
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- hnlmorg 2mo agoIt’s unfortunate that you’re being downvoted because this comment is true. And it just goes to show how far we’ve sunk that people have forgotten the problems of ad tech in the age of LLMs.
- tyre 2mo agoYou’re making a weird number of assumptions about people’s voting and extrapolating to assertions about Society. Ads are not really the same. They can’t be as tightly targeted to what resonates with someone. Programmatic ads are certainly much better and closer than, say, television advertising, but users can’t _engage_ with them. Like actually chat with them. That’s where this is headed and people are not ready. I don’t think we could prepare them, anyway.
- hnlmorg 2mo agoI’m not making any assumptions. > Ads are not really the same. They can’t be as tightly targeted to what resonates with someone. The EU referendum in the UK proved your point false. > Programmatic ads are certainly much better and closer than, say, television advertising, but users can’t _engage_ with them. Like actually chat with them. When people talk about “ad tech”, they’re not talking about TV ;) And yes, people can and do engage with them. That’s how ads on social media works. During the EU referendum, people were even resharing ads on Facebook without even realising they were ads.
- swedishagentic 2mo agoI'm surprised no one has mentioned Cambridge Analytica.
- andsoitis 2mo agoWhat about them?
- whilenot-dev 2mo agoCambridge Analytica gathered data to build targeted profiles and used these profiles for political advertising without informed consent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Ana...
- naasking 2mo agoYes, but there is little evidence this had a meaningful effect on votes.
- Peaches4Rent 2mo agoDon't think that it matters if it was effective. There's a reason attempted murder is a crime even if it was unsuccessful
- naasking 2mo agoIt does matter though. If you want to murder someone by hitting them with a plushie, you're not going to get charged with attempted murder because it's not possible that that would ever work. There must be justification that the choice will have the intended effect. We should not be gung-ho to give the government more power to regulate speech.
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