Google ads: proof that AI is some way off
I have to say that I’m quite bemused by the Google ads that appear on this website (courtesy of the hosts, Blogsome). Google are supposed to be oh-so-clever aren’t they? And by some sort of technical wiztrickery tailor the ads to the content of the site on which they appear. Well, just to demonstrate that Artificial Intelligence is some way off yet, have a look at some of the recent ads below, in fact they are probably sitting there down on the righthand side as we speak, but I’ll repeat them here, just so’s you don’t have to waste precious energy scrolling down:
Ads by Gooooooogle
Cheap North Korea Flights
Great deals on North Korea flights. Book online for less at ebookers.
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Cheap flights to North Korea at Travelbag
www.travelbag.co.uk
Of course these companies do not actually offer flights to North Korea as it is not possible to get flights to North Korea from the UK. Although, if you are interested you can book yourself a holiday in the country of the Dear Leader through Koryo Tours, who will fly you to P’yongyang, provided you get to Beijing first.
The combination of ads below that I found on my entry at Technorati was, if anything, more bizarre. Please do not think that I’m making any particular statements about inter-ethnic relationships. I just thought the juxtaposition of these two ads was somehow quite amusing:
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