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Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026

arstechnica.com

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DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026

arstechnica.com

Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago
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Like other companies with streaming businesses, DirecTV is leaning into ads more.
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  • oh_@lemmy.world
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    Humanity could do many great things in this world with AI. Instead we are coming up with innovative new ways to give you ads. Get me out of this timeline.

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      • oh_@lemmy.world
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        Now I have to go re watch old Futurama. Perfection.

  • sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Maan, I‘d rather have proper self lacing shoes. This version of the future sucks.

  • BeBopALouie@lemmy.ca
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    Nope, nope and nope.

  • black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Death to AI, death to capitalism

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      Death to allegra geller! Death to existenz!

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        Man, I need to rewatch that movie…

        • NotANumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          What movie is this?

          • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            Existenz. And “Long live the new flesh” is from another Cronenberg film called Videodrome.

            Both are awesome.

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    Hahaha, that’s not dystopian at all, hahahaha.

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    Not my face. I‘m staying far away from those things. I wonder if generating personalized ads can even be profitable. Seems like a lot of effort to dish out some slop.

  • 🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@hilariouschaos.com
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    How the fuck are they getting your face?

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    Literal nightmare fuel

  • myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip
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    How long before someone uses this feature to create a feature length porno?

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      So, ah … yeah.

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    Ok grandpa, turn off the DirectTV and power down your AM radio. Using a technology that old is guaranteed to land you deep in enshittification-land.

    I’ve been watching Jellyfin for a while and I have not seen the first ad,

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    TIL DirecTV is still around.

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    Ah yes, that’s what will get me to engage with ads all they needed to do was put my face in them.

    Business majors are so fucking stupid.

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      I was taught none of that during my undergrad. Instead, i say that people who are greedy just happened to get business degrees as a tool to help them be greedy.

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    You misspelled “shove”

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    Seems like a real can / should problem to me.

    Hard to believe this would entice anyone to purchase where a sexy lady couldn’t.

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    looking pretty gay in that pullover hoodie. thats why you need a bearskin hoodie that makes you look like a real man.

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