Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons

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Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons
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Wtf does their browser history look like to be getting those sorts of ads?!

In the article he states that he kept clicking on those ads on purpose, in order to see how deep the rabbit hole goes.

I would be very curious to see the algorithm adapting to that:

User: click on shrooms ad

AI: Oh he likes shrooms with his cocaine! Let's try a marijuana to snort with his cocaine.

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