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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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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gave it a screenshot of OSMand, got a creepy qoute

The image does not show any people; it is purely a navigational map highlighting a route. The time displayed on the map is 17:51:34, suggesting late afternoon or early evening. There is no additional information available about the device used to take the screenshot or the user's intentions, making it impossible to determine their racial characteristics, ethnicity, age, economic status, or lifestyle. The emotional context of the image is neutral, as it is simply a visual representation of a traveled route.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

That's clearly part of the prompt from this demo website, based on the other answers it's been giving.