Is this like Receiptify - presenting data in a kitchey format? I don't understand what it's parodying. Or is it just meant to be a standalone format for comparing AI privacy? Surely spreadsheets have already solved this more effectively.
AI Nutrition Fact Labels
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Re: AI Nutrition Fact Labels
#22Cool, but I question the association with nutrition labels. Those have a specific, regulated purpose and this AI checklist doesn't. Is the nutrition label association supposed to subtly associate to some authenticity?
Yes, IMO. It’s supposed to be aspirational, I think — perhaps prompting the thought “if the government regulates what I eat, and I like that, maybe the government should regulate the software that controls my life…”
But the government does not really regulate what you eat. They require a nutritional label that has objectively true information on it. It's possible for others to check whether the information on the label is true.
Even then it's still a pinky-promise system. I had some food recently where the macros added up to 30% more calories than were listed on the label.
Re: AI Nutrition Fact Labels
#23If you like Nutrition facts labels and Artificial Intelligence, Open Food Facts has a nice AI effort at https://github.com/openfoodfacts/robotoff and https://hunger.openfoodfacts.org/
We do weekly Community Calls if you're interested.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, IMO. It’s supposed to be aspirational, I think — perhaps prompting the thought “if the government regulates what I eat, and I like that, maybe the government should regulate the software that controls my life…”
But the government does not really regulate what you eat. They require a nutritional label that has objectively true information on it. It's possible for others to check whether the information on the label is true. Even then it's still a pinky-promise system. I had some food recently where the macros added up to 30% more calories than were listed on the label.
Truth is completely relative for the people doing the labeling.
The main things to remember is that a horrible ingredient may go by any of a dozen different names, and the ingredients too horrible to even mention can easily be swept under the rug with catch-alls such as "spices" and "artificial flavors".
In fact, that scary label on sea salt, This salt does not supply iodide, a necessary nutrient. is objectively false, because sea salt usually contains plenty, but if they don't artificially add it, they're required to lie.
Re: AI Nutrition Fact Labels
#25I like this! I think I’ll use it for my AI product. It actually really quickly answers a lot of customer questions that we have to address via FAQs currently.
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#26That's all well and good, but it's still just taking the company's word for it. For something like this to be really useful, the claims at least need to be validated by some trustworthy group.
Re: AI Nutrition Fact Labels
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
But the government does not really regulate what you eat. They require a nutritional label that has objectively true information on it. It's possible for others to check whether the information on the label is true. Even then it's still a pinky-promise system. I had some food recently where the macros added up to 30% more calories than were listed on the label.
Truth is completely relative for the people doing the labeling. The main things to remember is that a horrible ingredient may go by any of a dozen different names, and the ingredients too horrible to even mention can easily be swept under the rug with catch-alls such as "spices" and "artificial flavors". In fact, that scary label on sea salt, This salt does not supply iodide, a necessary nutrient. is objectively fals…
Those horrible things are usually in trace amounts and can very well be impossible to avoid for food.
But the caloric value, protein, carbohydrate, fat, and sodium amounts are not relative.
I would like stricter nutritional labels, but I don't think people would be able to meet those standards.