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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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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It seemed like half the times I opened it on my phone it wouldn't load because the app version wasn't compatible with the server version and half the time I updated the server it had breaking changes that needed to be addressed.

Just my experience.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 weeks ago

The number of breaking changes has really gone down. I don't think I've touched the config in a year. I don't have it auto update though, just in case.