[Scotty]

Are the ads at the top of the screen self-aware or something?

Discussion about Israel/Middle East ---> "Want to Learn Hebrew?"
Voice Acting Board ---> "Free Open Casting Calls"
Discussion about nuclear weapons --->  "The Great Tribulation" (Free bible pdfs)
Religious Discussion ---> "Become a Pastor!"
What are you listening to? ---> Aol Music ad.

Just a few I've noticed.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Google ads scan the content of the page you're viewing, then pick a related ad (AFAIK). This way, they hope, you may see an ad relevant to your interests.

[iamzack]

sometimes the ads on mibbit are really racist.

dating sites for finding your persian princess, etc.

[Klaustrophobia]

why is that racist? 

[General Battuta]

posting in possible epic threadnought

[Dilmah G]

why is that racist? 

It was either a joke or she was just trolling, as per usual.

[Wolfy]

soooo, Google Ads check content to decide the appropriate ad? At the moment, the ad at the top of this thread is:

2012 & Armageddon Massive destruction begins before 2012 and turns into Armageddon

I don't think Google has much fraith in this thread

[TopAce]

It's "Reaping the Whirlwind - The Imminent Judgment for Babylon America" to me right now.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Bet that's got to do with the

Discussion about nuclear weapons --->  "The Great Tribulation" (Free bible pdfs)

But for me now, it's just "Win a weekend on vacation".

[Snail]

World Cup T-Shirts
Pizza Hut
National Shirts

[Jabba]

Mine was saying something about the 'Antichrist' and 'who is watching?' What on earth they is doing?!?!?

[BloodEagle]

I'm getting an advertisement for a church in my city.  I think it's checking IP addresses, now.

That means that it's... learning. 

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On a more serious and off-topic note: that's probably how AI will first be implemented or invented.

[Jabba]

Skynet anyone?

[Snail]

What does Booking a Table at a local restaurant have to do with the content of this page?

[General Battuta]

You Won't Believe This
Learn How to Jump Into Other Dimensions to Access higher...
www.QuantumJumping.com

[Scotty]

posting in possible epic threadnought

Threadnought denied.  Moved to Site Support.

Though I'm getting the "Armageddon" ad too now.

[Wobble73]

I'm getting a Zoosk ad, maybe cos I got Facebook open on another tab, (Zoosk is Facebooks dating service!  But I'm married!)

[FUBAR-BDHR]

I've been getting an awful lot of car insurance adds lately.  Better refrain from driving for awhile.

[BloodEagle]

My advertisement is completely blank now....

I'm starting to get freaked out, over here. 

[el_magnifico]

And you think that's scary, guys? My advertisement is almost always about Colgate and their new toothpaste that relieves dental sensitivity. The thing is... the only people who knew about my dental sensitivity, until now, were my family and my dentist. I never googled it or anything like that. This is the first time I even write about it (I don't consider it embarrassing, it's a quite common medical problem). And I'm the only person who uses this computer.

I guess Google really knows everything... EVERYTHING.