• RotatingParts@lemmy.ml
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    edit-2
    5 months ago

    This is where we could use a browser plug in that uses AI to learn what an ad is and skip it for us. Now we just need someone to start working on it.

    • IllNess@infosec.pub
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      5 months ago

      Plugins can add controls and it can download videos, but plugins can't interact with videos directly I think.

      Maybe use the Youtube API closed captions and figure out the patterns for ads that way?

      • Creat@discuss.tchncs.de
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        5 months ago

        Of course they can interact with it just fine, look at "sponsorblock" plug-in. It would also solve this problem completely. It already exists and works well, it just isn't "AI" nonsense.

        • IllNess@infosec.pub
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          5 months ago

          Yes, that is adding controls and using a database from the SponsorBlock server.

          What I mean is a plugin cannot see the video. Like you can't write

          if(screen == adScreen) {
               then skipToNextSegment();
          }
          

          The plugin isn't reading the video, it is getting info from a database. For AI or machine learning to work ad injection, which might change for every user, doing what SponsorBlock is doing is not enough.