Researchers fear a scenario in which smart speakers feed sleepers subliminal ads
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Re: Researchers fear a scenario in which smart speakers feed sleepers subliminal ads
#2Fnord!
Re: Researchers fear a scenario in which smart speakers feed sleepers subliminal ads
#3Lightspeed briefs! As seen in your dreams!
It takes a long duration of stimulus to influence our dreams and even after the influence, the dream can be in any shape.
They had people play tetris for three days straight and only 60% dreamed of it.
They plan on target specific sleep states specifically but that means that something has access to my brain waves and is allowed to make sound while I am sleeping?
I am all for more research into dreams but advertisers? Even if they get something there is no way to actually roll it out to consumers...why then?
Re: Researchers fear a scenario in which smart speakers feed sleepers subliminal ads
#4Another data point confirming that the advertising industry is actively hostile towards consumers.
Re: Researchers fear a scenario in which smart speakers feed sleepers subliminal ads
#5Advertisers will absolutely do this if they can.
Its fascinating how the entire industry is built around demand generation and the competitive nature of the industry has made it so that advertisers have had to dig deep into human psychology to understand what makes people want things.
Re: Researchers fear a scenario in which smart speakers feed sleepers subliminal ads
#6Another data point confirming that the advertising industry is actively hostile towards consumers.
Did it need any more data points? It's fairly incredible that it is legal that we are being bombarded 16 out of 24 hours per day with sponsored messages in one form or another. The only medium that is still inviolate is books.
Re: Researchers fear a scenario in which smart speakers feed sleepers subliminal ads
#7Advertisers will absolutely do this if they can. Its fascinating how the entire industry is built around demand generation and the competitive nature of the industry has made it so that advertisers have had to dig deep into human psychology to understand what makes people want things.
It's an outright war with our conscious attention as the spoils and our brains as the battlefield.
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#8Every morning I ask my three-year old if she dreamt something nice. "No", she said a few weeks ago, "just ads".
Re: Researchers fear a scenario in which smart speakers feed sleepers subliminal ads
#9Another data point confirming that the advertising industry is actively hostile towards consumers.
Did it need any more data points? It's fairly incredible that it is legal that we are being bombarded 16 out of 24 hours per day with sponsored messages in one form or another. The only medium that is still inviolate is books.
"The only medium that is still inviolate is books."
Mostly. I actually have some very old books lying around - with advertisement for various, non existent products in them. But gladly I have not seen any open advertisment in any modern book.
Re: Researchers fear a scenario in which smart speakers feed sleepers subliminal ads
#10Every morning I ask my three-year old if she dreamt something nice. "No", she said a few weeks ago, "just ads".
Not sure if you are making a pretty fun joke, or telling us an horrible truth.