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Re: Show HN: I put a $2.43 necklace on 3 outfits. VLMs priced it at $19 to $104

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure what you mean, but I can see the necklace very clearly.

Are you joking? I cant even tell if its silver or gold from this image https://github.com/BraveAnn011/ai-halo-valuation-bias/blob/m...

Yes, it doesn't matter. AIs read the outfit not the materials. It if reads the materials, the price should be the same across S1-S4.

Re: Show HN: I put a $2.43 necklace on 3 outfits. VLMs priced it at $19 to $104

#26
post #3

This is an interesting test, but it does seem to me that visual models being able to price things was already kinda unrealistic? It makes me think of the calorie guessing use case. you can't tell the difference between materials and ingredients in a photo, so how will the model? especially "in situ" as part of an outfit or in a finished meal. maybe they could do it if you placed them on a blank table or background to…

S4 is no human, no outfit, but only materials (jewelry itself), it's was unclosed photo than the human shot, so could be different though. Any suggestions for the control setting?

Re: Show HN: I put a $2.43 necklace on 3 outfits. VLMs priced it at $19 to $104

#27
post #11

Jewelry is a veblen good whose price is mostly based on provenance. I'm not sure any classifier could do anything but guess on surrounding context. Insurance classifiers are much less naive than you'd expect, btw. I have designed a few.

"btw. I have designed a few" ---> Love to see them. Can you share?

Re: Show HN: I put a $2.43 necklace on 3 outfits. VLMs priced it at $19 to $104

#28
post #17

A bit off topic, but why are the original author comments flagged to death?

I've noticed it's quite common for Show HNs, I'm not sure why it happens but I believe the account gets put in some kind of shadowban-like state where all comments are flagged by default. Perhaps it's triggered by the suddenly increased reply rate (which is normal for a Show HN!)
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