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Re: Not Hotdog App

#101

Ha didn't expect this to end up here. If anyone is interested, I'm working on a blogpost explaining how we built the app in detail… It uses embedded TensorFlow on device (better availability, better speed, better privacy, $0 cost), with a custom neural net inspired by last month's MobileNets paper, built & trained with Keras. It was loads of fun to build :)

I would love to look at the source code for this!

Re: Not Hotdog App

#102

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Just as a note, people/developers have had messages from Apple telling them that they need to remove code which allows them to update their app outside of the app update/review process. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13817557 for some more detail/discussion. [edit: Apart from in Apple-approved manners]

Well, that's not gonna fly with the "code is data, data is code" crowd ... If the newspaper apps get to load fresh front page images, why should a poor neural net be discriminated in its quest for fresh coefficients? (Raw oppression and injustice there, get yer indignation reservoir topped up.)

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How does one get this job? This sounds ridiculously fun.

It was random, I was already working on the show as what Hollywood calls a (technical) “consultant”: advising on storylines, dialogue, background assets, etc. When this idea popped up, someone suggested we build the app for real. We took a try and ended up building the entire thing in-house with the crew, as opposed to hiring an external agency to do it for us.

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Re: Not Hotdog App

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How long did it take you to build the app? How many devs worked on it and who got to feed the training data set?

You can fetch a dataset of 1273 labeled hot-dog images and 123287 non-hot-dog images from mscoco training dataset: search for "hot dog" or click on the hot dog icon: http://mscoco.org/explore/

Were the images gathered by Stanford undergrads?

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Hm, is this an officially licensed HBO marketing stunt? Or does SeeFood Technologies Inc. actually exist as a corporation? If not, I'm curious what the legal ramifications are of doing business as a corporation that does not exist.

The term you're looking for is "Fictitious Business Name," or "Trade Name." Generally, the legal ramifications are a requirement to register the name and pay a small fee. In Santa Clara it costs $40 to register a fictitious business name with the county and the registration is good for five years: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/rec/Fictitious%20Business%20Nam... It's really not a big deal.

I thought Apple does not allow DBA entities? Don't you need to have a DUNS number to create an account these days? (It's been two years since I made one)

Re: Not Hotdog App

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Does it detect penises? I don't want to try it myself.

I think you'll have to put some mustard on it to trick it. Be careful not to hit "share" by accident, please.

This would be less of a concern had they not implemented dark patterns in the UI to encourage sharing.

Re: Not Hotdog App

#107

Ha didn't expect this to end up here. If anyone is interested, I'm working on a blogpost explaining how we built the app in detail… It uses embedded TensorFlow on device (better availability, better speed, better privacy, $0 cost), with a custom neural net inspired by last month's MobileNets paper, built & trained with Keras. It was loads of fun to build :)

How did you not expect it to end up here?

Re: Not Hotdog App

#108

Ha didn't expect this to end up here. If anyone is interested, I'm working on a blogpost explaining how we built the app in detail… It uses embedded TensorFlow on device (better availability, better speed, better privacy, $0 cost), with a custom neural net inspired by last month's MobileNets paper, built & trained with Keras. It was loads of fun to build :)

Had not heard MobileNets before. Mind sharing which paper are you referring to?

Re: Not Hotdog App

#109

Ha didn't expect this to end up here. If anyone is interested, I'm working on a blogpost explaining how we built the app in detail… It uses embedded TensorFlow on device (better availability, better speed, better privacy, $0 cost), with a custom neural net inspired by last month's MobileNets paper, built & trained with Keras. It was loads of fun to build :)

> It uses embedded TensorFlow on device (better availability, better speed, better privacy, $0 cost)

It's sad that this isn't more common outside of hot dog detectors.

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