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New website shows you how much Google AI can learn from your photos (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Software engineer Vishnu Mohandas decided he would quit Google in more ways than one when he learned that the tech giant had briefly helped the US military develop AI to study drone footage. In 2020 he left his job working on Google Assistant and also stopped backing up all of his images to Google Photos. He feared that his content could be used to train AI systems, even if they weren’t specifically ones tied to the Pentagon project. “I don't control any of the future outcomes that this will enable,” Mohandas thought. “So now, shouldn't I be more responsible?”

The site (TheySeeYourPhotos) returns what Google Vision is able to decern from photos. You can test with any image you want or there are some sample images available.

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 17 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I uploaded a photo of an outdoor scene and got a three paragraph description giving the location (taken from GPS coordinates, presumably), a description of the scene, weather conditions, and the statement that there were things in the sky that could be UFOs.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, if it's in the sky, and the AI didn't know what it was, it's a UFO.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Anything’s a UFO if you’re bad enough at identifying things

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Not if it's on the ground or in the water.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Flying fish: checkmate

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe someone is bad at identifying those too

[–] Blxter@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

One of the ones I uploaded said it could see a partial face from the reflection in the glasses

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah. The descriptions are neat but not disconcerting. The coordinates would be scary but seem to come from the metadata. Annoying viral marketing.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well, you didn't think they're UFOs because they're not "unidentified" to aliens 🤷