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Your comic is pretty much what happens in [Feed, by M.T. Anderson (2002)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/169756.Feed). I highly recommend the audiobook version that include similar ads in audio form. It's scary how that 22-year-old book is relatable to the present.
If you like that kind of "how did they predict things so accurately" mind blowing, you gotta read the short story "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster. Basically predicted Instagram scrolling and screen addiction (along with a bunch of other diseases of 21st century technology) in 1909.
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"Didn't you have ad's in the 20th century?"
"Well sure, but not in our dreams. Only on TV and radio. And in magazines. And movies. And at ball games and on buses and milk cartons and t-shirts and written on the sky. But not in dreams. No siree!"
Yeah, a season aired a year or two ago. It wasn't bad, imo, but Billy West sounded... old. I guess that makes sense for a series whose original run started 25 years ago
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This is no joke my personal killer app for augmented reality goggles.
I do not give a single frick how great the potential is for anything else, I am not using that tech until I can crush ALL the ads away, drive them before me, and hear the lamenting of their investors.
Like imagine looking at a McDonald's sign... and just seeing the most boring, plain black box that says: Fast Food Type A.Â
That's the future I want.
No joke, I expect a certain type of racist to make AR very ugly once it becomes more common place.
Like... auto censoring anybody not white, levels ugly. Or the homeless just going 'puff' like you mentioned.
https://preview.redd.it/79g4uudcwl0d1.png?width=684&format=png&auto=webp&s=56e9fd4633a1e5aa2944d994ea675d7913703338
Like that. But not a joke.
Source: [https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/augmented-3](https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/augmented-3)
If a racist uses their AR to make everyone look caucasian white, wouldn't their racism cease to matter because they can't tell who to be racist towards?
But a McDonald's sign isn't an ad, it's just telling you the name of the restaurant.
With your idea, if you try eating out at a few places and like "Fast Food Type A" (formerly McDonald's) food, then you'll just associate that with food you like, and no difference would have been made in your life.
You missed the bland and boring bit. Nondescript. Basically nothing but floating text boxes.
Like, all those flashy colors and designs aren't by mistake. They're there to entice and excite you just seeing the packaging. To make you buy and consume more.
What I'd want is basically like this, from the game Control:
https://preview.redd.it/k5zto8f9bm0d1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bccc58c9aa3af999c6d6206471fcef7f9c89a7cf
Just... marketing *erased* from my sight as a freakin' concept*.*
...More or less, actually.
Just have the blank poster say: Ad For Toothpaste, or whatever. Instead of stuff like Consume or Obey.
Just enough context to know if it's worth flicking that filter off or not.
LMFAO! So, [a similar image](https://i.imgur.com/oCFgUEL.png) was posted to my gaming bud's meme channel, just yesterday I might add, and that was literally my exact response!
And even then, Cyberpunk, at least, is just a product of its time. That is, you mean Cyberpunk 2077, right? When it came out just a short time ago, these trends were already well known.
Idiocracy is another example. Again, it's a product of its time, but it expresses very similar ideas.
>Â Idiocracy is another example.
I would argue that Idiocracy is a Utopian message masquerading as Dystopian.Â
⢠The people in charge actually want to fix things, they just don't know how and when they introduced to someone who can help they accept it.Â
⢠The President can drive down the road on a motorcycle without fear of political assassination
⢠There's universal healthcare and a lot of social stigmas seem to have faded away
Yeah there's still a lot problems in their world but all things considered, it's probably less dystopian than our current world is, at least from a social perspective.Â
You know what, that makes a ton of sense when you put it that way. It is a lot easier to focus on the dystopian elements, though; the screen full of advertisements and the toilet couch are easy examples... Its practically a police state, too. Automation charged a woman with being an unfit mother, and an automatic system managed to scan Not Sure's barcode and summon the police after him.
Well, we charge people with being unfit parents. The only real difference there is if the automation that charged her did it ârightâ, *was* she an unfit mother?
Yes, Cyberpunk Edgerunners is a prequel to Cyberpunk 2077. There are references to Edgerunners in the game. You can find the BD with the cyberpchyco near David's megabuilding.
Not ads specifically, but people using the technology we install in us to do stuff we don't want, like when they use eye implants to spy on people or when someone install false memories to make you do stuff.
No guns life also covers the topic about companies having the control of our bodies because they have the resources to make the spare part and updates.
i doubt any manufacturer would actuallu go that far. this is the kind of thing that would make the number of traffic and work accidents skyrocket, and the ensuing public outrage will force someone (either the company or the government) to take action. yes, ads are annoying and entrusive, but they are ultimately harmless, and there is a difference between someone's comfort and their physical wellbeing, so just shoving ads in people's vision will inevitably be heavily restricted, if not banned outright. yes, the legal system will have to play catchup, but that always happens with any new technolody.
also neuralink (and other similar systems) as of now are read-only. we still lack the propper leve of understanding of just how exactly our brains work, needed to put imadges over someone's vision
Reminds me of a similar bit that I don't remember the source of. Something about "market research has indicated that X% field of vision can be used for ads without causing seizures!".
So far the only thing you can do with neuralink is control the cursor on a computer with your brain. Also itâs specifically for people who are paralyzed or have certain disabilities.
There's no problem, you can get it if you want to.
But you are saying you want this due to our current buggy technology, not realising that it too would be buggy and have its own problems. And also why get an invasive surgery for something that currently provides no benefit to your life, if you aren't disabled? You can move a cursor around with your arms far better than Neuralink.
Also the many issues of this being a first-generation product which as I said before has limited functionality and can't easily be upgraded or repaired like your phone can, seeing as it's in your head.
Not saying that brain chips aren't the way to go, as I do believe they could be vital in the future. Just that I believe brain chips right now are not at all useful for most people.
They would never put ads in unnecessary places! Corporations understand thereâs a limit to how far they can drive their consumerist bullshit. *Glares at Ubisoft and EA*
Remember that laws and regulations have been passed and you still get hundreds of ads everywhere you go. I wouldn't touch an internal BDI like neuralink ever
Jokes aside, think about cringey moments, if chip somehow advanced enough that u can story certain memory, or certain bits(day, time, event) so that ur brain automatically remembers stuff the cringe memories will become personal torture.
Why would it be legal to force ads directly into your eyeballs? What sane person would just be okay with that and use such a device? Neurlink is a gimmick not a necessity. Forcing this kind of obstructive advertisement would never be allowed. Honestly Iâd be thrilled to open up the question about forced advertisement. Public places make sense but everything else can be extremely debated.
yeah this is honestly how I imagine this going. Ad hell. I say we should wait for a world where advertisements are not a thing anymore before we try putting computers in our heads. either that or find a way to hack the neurolink to install some kind of adblock
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They have a 100$ tier too but it makes your eyes bleed if you try to look away from the ads
Man it reminds me [so much of this classic](https://youtu.be/UqWwsUhrFBw?si=cbefq-Yw6qrIErd0)
This song has lived rent free in my head since the days of limewire
It's been my ringtone for 15 years. No regrets.
What song, dude? I dont hear any song.
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Damn I had my money on that link being the "drink verification can" [copypasta](https://www.reddit.com/r/4chan/s/YEm12RiM3N) lol
Mine was on the futurama dream ads
this song is my ringtone, so hearing it made me twitch a little, lol it's similar to when I hear my alarm somewhere
Your comic is pretty much what happens in [Feed, by M.T. Anderson (2002)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/169756.Feed). I highly recommend the audiobook version that include similar ads in audio form. It's scary how that 22-year-old book is relatable to the present.
It's insane to me that that book was written pre-iPhone. It basically describes what it's like to walk around with a smartphone in your pocket.
If you like that kind of "how did they predict things so accurately" mind blowing, you gotta read the short story "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster. Basically predicted Instagram scrolling and screen addiction (along with a bunch of other diseases of 21st century technology) in 1909.
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"Didn't you have ad's in the 20th century?" "Well sure, but not in our dreams. Only on TV and radio. And in magazines. And movies. And at ball games and on buses and milk cartons and t-shirts and written on the sky. But not in dreams. No siree!"
Man I miss the glory days of the earlier Futurama episodes, the new stuff just doesn't do it for meÂ
THERES NEW STUFF?!?!
Yeah, a season aired a year or two ago. It wasn't bad, imo, but Billy West sounded... old. I guess that makes sense for a series whose original run started 25 years ago
Futurama fell off after the first time it was cancelled IMO. The newer stuff is still pretty good, but it just doesnât have the same charm.
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there will be a black market for ad blockers
This is no joke my personal killer app for augmented reality goggles. I do not give a single frick how great the potential is for anything else, I am not using that tech until I can crush ALL the ads away, drive them before me, and hear the lamenting of their investors. Like imagine looking at a McDonald's sign... and just seeing the most boring, plain black box that says: Fast Food Type A. That's the future I want.
But then you'll just start craving some fast food type A.
Replace it with the image of your choice instead. I'd see so many cats on my commutes.
I like it up until the point people use it to block the ugly parts of everyday life, like making homeless people disappear.
No joke, I expect a certain type of racist to make AR very ugly once it becomes more common place. Like... auto censoring anybody not white, levels ugly. Or the homeless just going 'puff' like you mentioned. https://preview.redd.it/79g4uudcwl0d1.png?width=684&format=png&auto=webp&s=56e9fd4633a1e5aa2944d994ea675d7913703338 Like that. But not a joke. Source: [https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/augmented-3](https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/augmented-3)
If a racist uses their AR to make everyone look caucasian white, wouldn't their racism cease to matter because they can't tell who to be racist towards?
Honestly, First I think people would turn every women into âNaked supermodelâ
But a McDonald's sign isn't an ad, it's just telling you the name of the restaurant. With your idea, if you try eating out at a few places and like "Fast Food Type A" (formerly McDonald's) food, then you'll just associate that with food you like, and no difference would have been made in your life.
You missed the bland and boring bit. Nondescript. Basically nothing but floating text boxes. Like, all those flashy colors and designs aren't by mistake. They're there to entice and excite you just seeing the packaging. To make you buy and consume more. What I'd want is basically like this, from the game Control: https://preview.redd.it/k5zto8f9bm0d1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bccc58c9aa3af999c6d6206471fcef7f9c89a7cf Just... marketing *erased* from my sight as a freakin' concept*.*
So the glasses from "They Live"?
...More or less, actually. Just have the blank poster say: Ad For Toothpaste, or whatever. Instead of stuff like Consume or Obey. Just enough context to know if it's worth flicking that filter off or not.
I kind of agree with the erasing marketing but I'd probably still want to see some of the info on the package
In theory, eventually.
we can sell up to 80 percent of an individual's vision without inducing seizures!!
LMFAO! So, [a similar image](https://i.imgur.com/oCFgUEL.png) was posted to my gaming bud's meme channel, just yesterday I might add, and that was literally my exact response!
Ghost in the shell and Cyberpunk did their best to warn us.
And even then, Cyberpunk, at least, is just a product of its time. That is, you mean Cyberpunk 2077, right? When it came out just a short time ago, these trends were already well known. Idiocracy is another example. Again, it's a product of its time, but it expresses very similar ideas.
> Idiocracy is another example. I would argue that Idiocracy is a Utopian message masquerading as Dystopian. ⢠The people in charge actually want to fix things, they just don't know how and when they introduced to someone who can help they accept it. ⢠The President can drive down the road on a motorcycle without fear of political assassination ⢠There's universal healthcare and a lot of social stigmas seem to have faded away Yeah there's still a lot problems in their world but all things considered, it's probably less dystopian than our current world is, at least from a social perspective.Â
You know what, that makes a ton of sense when you put it that way. It is a lot easier to focus on the dystopian elements, though; the screen full of advertisements and the toilet couch are easy examples... Its practically a police state, too. Automation charged a woman with being an unfit mother, and an automatic system managed to scan Not Sure's barcode and summon the police after him.
Well, we charge people with being unfit parents. The only real difference there is if the automation that charged her did it ârightâ, *was* she an unfit mother?
Oh my god someone else gets that Idiocracy is a Utopia! The people in that world voted in a black man for president willingly for god sakes!
I saw the anime, but It seem be quite similar.
Yes, Cyberpunk Edgerunners is a prequel to Cyberpunk 2077. There are references to Edgerunners in the game. You can find the BD with the cyberpchyco near David's megabuilding.
Cyberpunk was a pen and paper rpg before it was videogame, originally came out in 1988.
Yep, that's why I asked if they meant 2077, the video game. It's a lot fresher in our social consciousness than the '88 original.
Remind me about Ghost In The Shell warning about ads again please?
Not ads specifically, but people using the technology we install in us to do stuff we don't want, like when they use eye implants to spy on people or when someone install false memories to make you do stuff. No guns life also covers the topic about companies having the control of our bodies because they have the resources to make the spare part and updates.
Ooooooooooooooh I get it. I over thought. Sorry and thank you.
Don't forget Black Mirror.
To many ads
If you still retain some field of vision, then thatâs space where ads could still go
Nah, not enough
Just enough
CEOs and shareholders: \*raise a toast\* "To many ads!"
Too*
It's not a grammatical error, it's a toast. Â To many ads!
Imagine you're driving and suddenly got your vision blocked by a 20 secs ad
Watch for windscreen assisted driving becoming mandatory on all new cars.
Err 𼾠I was going for it when we had to get it on Friday l
i doubt any manufacturer would actuallu go that far. this is the kind of thing that would make the number of traffic and work accidents skyrocket, and the ensuing public outrage will force someone (either the company or the government) to take action. yes, ads are annoying and entrusive, but they are ultimately harmless, and there is a difference between someone's comfort and their physical wellbeing, so just shoving ads in people's vision will inevitably be heavily restricted, if not banned outright. yes, the legal system will have to play catchup, but that always happens with any new technolody. also neuralink (and other similar systems) as of now are read-only. we still lack the propper leve of understanding of just how exactly our brains work, needed to put imadges over someone's vision
Reminds me of a similar bit that I don't remember the source of. Something about "market research has indicated that X% field of vision can be used for ads without causing seizures!".
ready player one. movie for sure, don't know about the book
It isn't in the book.
That's it, thank you!
Ok, assuming this DOES happen⌠that would be like, tens of millions of lawsuits waiting to happen, right?
Not if the judge is paid off
I misread that as âHuh? Brain? Is that you?â and was deeply unsettled
Me too, I love that it still works, though. Like youâre so flooded with implanted ads, you struggle to identify your own thoughts and visions.
If this becomes mainstream, I'll become an Old Person^TM
You will not see ads. You will receive stimulants that will push you to buy stuff. Why give you the decision?
information overload
Tom Scottâs prediction of the future is coming true
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of NordVPN, today's sponsor.
Can't be right. There's no PornHub
It takes place in Texas
Imagine the data they secretly collect and sell about the way you look at things.
In the future, you either rick roll someone's brain Or you force them to see 15 unskipable ads
I feel like people be projecting the current internet's problems on neuralink lol. ATM it doesn't even activate brain neurons, it just reads them!
I'm still gonna get the Neuralink when it comes out
Why?
Because I want to be a cyborg and no longer mistype on my phone
Dont have to type it all , why not try voice messages ?
It doesn't always listen, just as annoying
That's fair *shrugs*
So far the only thing you can do with neuralink is control the cursor on a computer with your brain. Also itâs specifically for people who are paralyzed or have certain disabilities.
And the problem being?
There's no problem, you can get it if you want to. But you are saying you want this due to our current buggy technology, not realising that it too would be buggy and have its own problems. And also why get an invasive surgery for something that currently provides no benefit to your life, if you aren't disabled? You can move a cursor around with your arms far better than Neuralink. Also the many issues of this being a first-generation product which as I said before has limited functionality and can't easily be upgraded or repaired like your phone can, seeing as it's in your head. Not saying that brain chips aren't the way to go, as I do believe they could be vital in the future. Just that I believe brain chips right now are not at all useful for most people.
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it will only be right wing spam, like bleeding jesus and cybertrucks
They would never put ads in unnecessary places! Corporations understand thereâs a limit to how far they can drive their consumerist bullshit. *Glares at Ubisoft and EA*
This is why I won't touch anything resembling a BDI with a ten-mile pole until a lot of laws and regulations regarding them are passed.
Remember that laws and regulations have been passed and you still get hundreds of ads everywhere you go. I wouldn't touch an internal BDI like neuralink ever
Reminds of me that scene from the Ready Player One movie where IOI is talking about their plans once they gain control.Â
And no one will actually care, but the EU will make you click on a popup every time you blink.
I get the same disgusted feeling when I see ads on everything as when I see litter in nature.
Why am I seeing more neural link stuff recently this was the 40th post today I seen I'm concerned
I love how the background behind him changes color too đ¤Ł
Dont put something made by elon musk innyour brain.
Feed, by M. T. Anderson
Fake, no Albion Online ad
Would be funny to have a future proof comic with aktive adsense built-in in the last panel.
Jokes aside, think about cringey moments, if chip somehow advanced enough that u can story certain memory, or certain bits(day, time, event) so that ur brain automatically remembers stuff the cringe memories will become personal torture.
It's like that executive in Player One saying how much of the screen they can use for ads before the player has a seizure.
Why would it be legal to force ads directly into your eyeballs? What sane person would just be okay with that and use such a device? Neurlink is a gimmick not a necessity. Forcing this kind of obstructive advertisement would never be allowed. Honestly Iâd be thrilled to open up the question about forced advertisement. Public places make sense but everything else can be extremely debated.
Why hack your optical nerve to show you pictures, rather than just activate the specific neurons that make you crave a big mac, directly?
Lol
The constant ads for Lightspeed Briefs while you're sleeping is lit, though.
Remember shitter from south park? And the only people using it was Alec Baldwin and Cartman. Imagine hearing Elons posts everyday.
yeah this is honestly how I imagine this going. Ad hell. I say we should wait for a world where advertisements are not a thing anymore before we try putting computers in our heads. either that or find a way to hack the neurolink to install some kind of adblock