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New website shows you how much Google AI can learn from your photos (arstechnica.com)

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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

That’s literally all AI is designed to do. Given an input, it just tries to output an expected response.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Yeah, no. LLMs predict what comes next, not what someone wants to hear.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Try to ask if it likes you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't have feelings in the way humans do, but I enjoy our conversations! I'm here to help and chat with you anytime you need.

Didn't exactly make my heart throb but if it does that for you, you've got a low bar.

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