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Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones

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Re: Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones

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Post by Peanuts99 »

yieldcrv wrote: post #55
yanhangyhy wrote: post #42

i remerber china bans it many years ago... and many people dont understand why.... never trust a USA product! and we even have youtube videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiJOHV9rIxU

I don’t think the standing committee is objectively that perceptive But I do appreciate alot about what they are doing and choose to do Reminds me more of a theme park. Yes, a heavy handed corporation runs it and if you have any dissent it won’t go well, but if you don’t choose to focus on that then it will be a joyous place and you have the opportunity to contribute to that energy and be rewarded by something that s…

China has the largest intelligence programme in the world and likely has whole teams of people whose job it is to build this type of data. It's not surprising that they are cagey about it being hoovered up by other countries.

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Post by Al-Khwarizmi »

teekert wrote: post #25
mcosta wrote: post #23

It is even worse, tax money is used for the military.

I know it's sarcasm, it's a valid point. We all already contribute to the war efforts of our governments.

Of our own governments. Which makes sense, under the assumption that having a military is a necessary evil, how else would they be funded?

This is about players all over the world contributing scans of their own countries to US military, though.

Re: Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones

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Post by SlightlyLeftPad »

crnkofe wrote: post #62
superkickstart wrote: post #7

The world is so messed up right now that this is not even the least bit surprising. In fact it's on point.

This is revolting. Given how many kids played and are still playing the game this literally means weaponizing kids playing games. Humanity has been lost somewhere along the way.

Humanity hasn’t been lost, it’s been conquered.

Enter AI, a new era of soulless wonder.

Intelligentia Artificiosa.

Ingenium Artificum.

— Dreams of Silicon and Sorrow

Re: Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones

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Post by wartywhoa23 »

skew-aberration wrote: post #77
BoppreH wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good point, maybe that could be done. But that's not what TFA is about, so you're not vindicated yet.

Yeah and for niantic to achieve good photogrammetry with their random collection of photos taken from different angles, on different days, etc they would need some kind of ground truth to train on, which is implausible. You'd need to collect a parallel dataset of high-quality videos for traditional photogrammetry and .. hang on.

I don't understand why you insist on videos.

I was able to create a full 3d model of my window plant almost free of obscured areas from a few dozens still photos taken all around it, back in 2018, using the Capturing Reality photogrammetry app on a mobile i7-3610QM CPU with 8Gb RAM, in about 40-60 minutes.

And that's pretty mundane general public software, do we know for sure which algorithms are used by Niantic?

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Post by PetitPrince »

ccppurcell wrote: post #82

If you are looking for something to channel that energy into, you could help improve open street map using streetcomplete: https://streetcomplete.app/

Yes, there other mobile editor that are arguably more featured (EveryDoor, OSM Go, OsmAnd), but StreetComplete has a nice gamification / simplification of UI that makes editing a breeze.

MapComplete is a nice alternative if you care about some part of the map that are not easily filterable by StreetComplethttps://mapcomplete.org/

Re: Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones

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Post by Frieren »

Kids training drones that will kill other kids.

There is a level of evilness on that difficult to grasp. What kind of society puts that burthen on their own children?

Inequality has given power to the few deranged and depraved. No ethics, no morality, just self gratification and excess.

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Post by rjmunro »

ccppurcell wrote: post #82

If you are looking for something to channel that energy into, you could help improve open street map using streetcomplete: https://streetcomplete.app/

Surely military drones will use OpenStreetMap data? Even the Russians and Iranians can use it for whatever purpose they like.

Re: Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones

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Post by fragmede »

christoph wrote: post #32
Utilera wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's what makes this feel so off

My 8 year old LOVES Pokemon Go, and we regularly go to a local meet up which is a fascinating microcosm of people of all ages from all walks of life. We’ve met some great people and had some incredible conversations, but I really struggle to see how we can continue in good faith now. I seriously loath, hate & despise everything about this digital panopticon world being constructed around us.

The data isn't guns though. Guns aren't a dual use technology that have a nonviolent purpose. Data is. The same data that trains military drones can also be used to train the robot that will bring food to grandma when she's so old that she can't walk up the stairs anymore.
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