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A 3D Body from Eight Questions – No Photo, No GPU

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Re: A 3D Body from Eight Questions – No Photo, No GPU

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ai;dr MLP trained on 8 questions achieves ~0.3cm height error, ~0.3kg weight error, and ~3-4cm for bust/waist/hips measurements. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/5/1885 + some hacking => "we want to productize this"

What does it mean to have 0.3cm height error, when height is one of the 8 questions?

Re: A 3D Body from Eight Questions – No Photo, No GPU

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ai;dr MLP trained on 8 questions achieves ~0.3cm height error, ~0.3kg weight error, and ~3-4cm for bust/waist/hips measurements. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/5/1885 + some hacking => "we want to productize this"

> ai;dr Haven't seen that one yet. I like it.

I feel like tl:ai would fit better because ai:dr reads, "ai, didn't read" but presumably the ai did read, while "too long, ai" fits the action better

Re: A 3D Body from Eight Questions – No Photo, No GPU

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> ai;dr Haven't seen that one yet. I like it.

I feel like tl:ai would fit better because ai:dr reads, "ai, didn't read" but presumably the ai did read, while "too long, ai" fits the action better

> because ai:dr reads, "ai, didn't read"

That's not how it reads because there is a semicolon in there. It means "This is AI, so I didn't read it".

Also, I'm getting nitpicky here, but LLMs don't ”read".

Re: A 3D Body from Eight Questions – No Photo, No GPU

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel like tl:ai would fit better because ai:dr reads, "ai, didn't read" but presumably the ai did read, while "too long, ai" fits the action better

> because ai:dr reads, "ai, didn't read" That's not how it reads because there is a semicolon in there. It means "This is AI, so I didn't read it". Also, I'm getting nitpicky here, but LLMs don't ”read".

> LLMs don't read

so it's ok to say "SSD read/write speed", but now that we have something closer to the original meaning of the word, someone always has to point out that "LLMs don't have a soul" (or whatever you think is required for it to count as akchyually reading)

do storage devices have souls?

Re: A 3D Body from Eight Questions – No Photo, No GPU

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Twenty or so years ago, Levis had a program called Personal Pair (they paired with a firm/product called Intellifit) where you would step into a millimeter wave 3D scanner and get your precise measurements.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1IceHjADbQ

Which you could use to get a custom pair of jeans made just for you. This failed partly because the target market turned out to be middle-aged adults (that buy fewer pairs), and not 18-25 year olds like they were hoping. Partly over privacy concerns. Partly the ability of the factory to make jeans to that tight of a tolerance. And partly because it was promoted like it was a novelty ("Consumers love it!"). Mentioned here previously:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2444319

But with this software - the tolerances are looser, so the clothing becomes more manufacturable. And the measurements can be anonymous - you don't feel like you're stepping into a TSA scanner for everyone to see.

I hope they are able to make relationships with multiple clothing brands so shopping from home will become less hit-or-miss. The benefit to the brands is going to be fewer returns for size issues.

Re: A 3D Body from Eight Questions – No Photo, No GPU

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> because ai:dr reads, "ai, didn't read" That's not how it reads because there is a semicolon in there. It means "This is AI, so I didn't read it". Also, I'm getting nitpicky here, but LLMs don't ”read".

> LLMs don't read so it's ok to say "SSD read/write speed", but now that we have something closer to the original meaning of the word, someone always has to point out that "LLMs don't have a soul" (or whatever you think is required for it to count as akchyually reading) do storage devices have souls?

If I can just stand up for the nitpicker - arguably in the uncanny valley it’s more natural to point out it’s not reading (by their definition) than outside it (ssd’s).
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