About whether future AI could detect and strip all advertising, ending the ad-blocking wars.
Has this happened?
Yes 37 (29%)Not sure 55 (43%)No 35 (28%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether future AI could detect and strip all advertising, ending the ad-blocking wars.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
I'm not sure that'll be so easy: the holy grail of ads is to be indistinguishable from content to people. I don't think it's at all certain that AI could ever beat humans at this, controlling for the possibility of strong AI.
All that powerful adblocking tools will do is force native advertising to become dominant.