>Honest question: Is making advertising effective where the battle for the best AI is really going to be fought?
No, the real battle for the best AI is being fought on the various global stock exchanges. The vast majority of trades are AI now. In this way AI virtually already controls the price of all globally traded goods.
Further I would say that AI is controlling the flow of goods through businesses. The system we make for food companies tells the human users what to buy, when to buy it, where to put it, when to process it and who to sell it to. Mostly the humans just move stuff around and exchange the paperwork.
No, the real battle for the best AI is being fought on the various global stock exchanges. The vast majority of trades are AI now. In this way AI virtually already controls the price of all globally traded goods.