You know these algorithms are designed for predictive advertisement based off your previous activity. What is likely going on is this:
10,000 users who searched these terms also decided to search or want this “thing” next.
“Woah, it’s reading my mind! How did it know I was thinking about that?!”
It’s funny, nobody pays attention when the algorithm guesses wrong, we only notice it when it’s freakishly accurate.
Except when it's YouTube recommendations, then they only pay attention when it's wrong and not when it's right.
What, you don’t want right wing misinformation shoved down your throat constantly despite reporting it every time you see it?
Certain products use algorithms that predict you're going to stop using it before you're even aware. This can trigger things to sent you emails, etc with some perk.
And that makes it better?
No, but confirmation bias is a real thing.
Bingo. This one gets it.
Absolutely, but understanding that doesn't make it any less creepy.
You can fight this you know. There are a lot of great YouTube video tutorials by MentalOutlaw that will help you tighten down your security settings and make it more difficult to identify and track you across the internet.
Does this come at a high cost of convenience? Absolutely. Most of my security settings break websites by default since I restrict all 3rd party apps and JavaScript. It takes me a good couple minutes to play around and see what is causing the issue.
If I can’t figure out how read your site without handing over a bunch of access, I move to the 2nd or 3rd site that usually gives me what I want without changing any settings at all.
Understanding what is real is the first step to controlling what controls you
No, it helps you understand what it actually is so you can think of solutions based on information instead of fear.
You guys get ads?
mobile phones man
Both are the right picture
What's really gonna bake your noodle later is if you'd have thought about that thing at all if it wasn't something they were advertising...
Something something adblock
that doesn't prevent them from spying tho
Very true. I was more just predicting what inevitable gets said with posts like these.
Google basically uses the same tricks "mind readers" do except they have a lot more information. They don't need to read your thoughts or listen in to your conversations. If you start looking at cribs online they're going to send you ads breast pumps in a few months followed by baby food makers 6 months later.
when your fbi agent knows you better than yourself
You get ads
😱
That doesn't scare me, because I know full well that neuroscience is nowhere near advanced enough to read minds.
When that day comes, however…
we're getting close pretty fast. AI is accelerating things very quickly. I'd be willing to bet that millitary is researching this without announcing it.
Fear not though:
Jerry Tang, a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin and a co-author, said: “We take very seriously the concerns that it could be used for bad purposes and have worked to avoid that. We want to make sure people only use these types of technologies when they want to and that it helps them.”
they're taking it seriously
YES!!!! I had this happen to me. I never mentioned it to anybody, I just thought it up and next day... BAM! I see an ad for something I just THOUGHT about.
What the fuck???
omg YES. So weird and creepy. And not just ads...Youtube recommendations, fluff news stories, songs you didn't know existed.....
this meme is kinda meta for me too 💀 because I wondered who else experiences this
It's 9am in morning, it's too early for this shit!?! Let's just call it a coincidence. I'm going back to sleep, they can't get to you in your dreams.
Not yet.
Vice versa. They're training you to think a certain way. Advertising is basically black magic and very few are immune to it.
Ad-blocker blocker blocking ad blocker in sites scares me
You get ads for something before you need it.
Getting doored while out riding, then falling into the road and getting run over by a garbage truck.
I ride my bike a lot. Somebody getting out of the back seat of a 4 door with out looking is a huge danger.