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Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons(www.404media.co)

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gnutrino@programming.dev
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Wtf does their browser history look like to be getting those sorts of ads?!

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CriticalMiss@lemmy.worldOP
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In the article he states that he kept clicking on those ads on purpose, in order to see how deep the rabbit hole goes.

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𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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I saw that double post ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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Tetsuo@jlai.lu
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I would be very curious to see the algorithm adapting to that:

User: click on shrooms ad

AI: Oh he likes shrooms with his cocaine! Let’s try a marijuana to snort with his cocaine.

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