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New website shows you how much Google AI can learn from your photos (arstechnica.com)
submitted 4 months 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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[–] socsa@piefed.social 49 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I gave it a picture of houseplants and it said they looked healthy and well cared for which actually made me feel pretty happy and validated.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Don’t feel too happy bro you were told that by a soulless computer that’s was designed to tell you what it thinks you want to hear.