Software engineer Vishnu Mohandas decided he would quit Google in more ways than one when he learned that the tech giant had briefly helped the US military develop AI to study drone footage. In 2020 he left his job working on Google Assistant and also stopped backing up all of his images to Google Photos. He feared that his content could be used to train AI systems, even if they weren’t specifically ones tied to the Pentagon project. “I don’t control any of the future outcomes that this will enable,” Mohandas thought. “So now, shouldn’t I be more responsible?”

The site (TheySeeYourPhotos) returns what Google Vision is able to decern from photos. You can test with any image you want or there are some sample images available.

  • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
    49·
    20 days ago

    I gave it a picture of houseplants and it said they looked healthy and well cared for which actually made me feel pretty happy and validated.

    • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      116·
      19 days ago

      Don’t feel too happy bro you were told that by a soulless computer that’s was designed to tell you what it thinks you want to hear.

        • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
          93·
          19 days ago

          That’s literally all AI is designed to do. Given an input, it just tries to output an expected response.

              • synnny@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
                52·
                19 days ago

                What you’re saying is not factual. LLMs predict what comes next based on the parameters set during learning process. It might at times say what you’re expecting, but then try contradicting information that it knows to be factual. See how far that gets you.

                I think you’re confusing agreeableness for a validation buddy. For a product like this to work, it has to be inviting.

                • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  11·
                  19 days ago

                  LLMs predict what comes next based on the parameters set during learning process.

                  Now you’re just splitting hairs.