News · moment 11 of 18
Pokémon Go's Secret Role in Training AI Delivery Robots (and Drone Targeting)
from Bibi, Genghis Khan, & The Decency To Stay Home | The Tim Dillon Show #488 · #488
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Reacting to a story that Niantic used Pokémon Go player data to build a 30-billion-image AI map now powering delivery robots, Tim theorizes that every future augmented reality game will secretly double as military targeting and surveillance infrastructure.
- Pokémon Go players unknowingly trained a 30 billion image AI map now powering Coca delivery robots.
- Tim recalls watching grown adults run around the C train in New York chasing imaginary Pokémon.
- Niantic's data from Pokémon Go and augmented reality apps produced over 30 billion real-world images.
- These delivery robots use the collected data to navigate streets without GPS.
- People will participate in harmless silly games and unknowingly map out areas for drone strikes where people can be killed.
- Tim describes how players will later realize they've participated in infrared targeting maps.
- You have to weigh whether the game is fun against what it's being used for.
- An augmented reality Harry Potter game would use facial recognition and geolocating for unknown purposes.
- You can't avoid this technology; it's coming on very strong right now.
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