Visual scans of the world have helped Niantic build what it calls a “Large Geospatial Model.”…
  • frunch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    6 days ago

    Bothers me that much of this data has been collected without explaining what its intended purpose is. All those captchas that want you to pick out cars or bikes etc, Pokemon game that wants you to scan locations for free items… It simply never occurred to me that these were actually just ways to train AI surreptitiously

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      19·
      5 days ago

      Never? They were very clear about the first captchas being used to train OCR, way back in like 2010.

      • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        0·
        5 days ago

        Every day that I play Pokemon Go, I’m aware that I’m making a Faustian bargain for motivation to take a walk in exchange for my privacy.

        • Darth_Mew@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          5 days ago

          have fun when the “invaders” are roaming your streets and know exactly where you are because you showed them your walk for 10 years. big rip pika pika hot though amirite

  • MvPts@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    5 days ago

    Have fun with my spoofed Geolocations going 30km/h through every Building in Zaragosa

  • Maiznieks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    5 days ago

    Good luck driving via my gps drifts as i block the phone antennas to get more kilometers. If anything, nianitic is incompetent af, i played ingress for years and i know what they are “capable of”.

    • RebekahWSD@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      For some reason my phone drifts like mad when I place it next to my wifi boxen. I’ve hatched so many eggs as my character just fucking charges around town. Good luck, cars! I obey no road rules!

    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
      0·
      6 days ago

      Seems to be a tool for taking an image and Geo-locating it, even in cases where other sources of data like Googles street map cars are insufficient.

      • jacksilver@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        6 days ago

        The issue is it’s going to be trained only on places people go. My understanding is that most geolocating systems are more focused on the uncommon or less traveled locations. Maybe I’m wrong, but I guess they’re probably tested it out before announcing it.

        • SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          Maybe they will start/already have putting pokemon in locations that they need data for to make a more comprehensive map.