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When I typed my reply, I briefly considered if AI/ML/NN might help but then I thought about it. I don't think there will be enough training data and I suspect t
by KGIII 9y ago
When I typed my reply, I briefly considered if AI/ML/NN might help but then I thought about it. I don't think there will be enough training data and I suspect that existing reference points would be vastly different, and made even more difficult to use by the lack of resolution.
But... If it had some initial training done by hand, and by people including what dates and locations they know, maybe it could work backwards? It'd still end up being a HUGE amount of data and the compute power for that would probably be obscene.
Which, of course, means I think it's an excellent idea and that someone should do this. I can't even begin to imagine the costs. This might just be the best idea ever, or the worst.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoSounds like fun! I know the Mapillary folks from interviewing with them. I think it'd just be a matter of me paying for the spot instances for the compute time. I'm going to ask!
- KGIII 9y agoAnd the data acquisition. It does tie into a strange idea that I've been tossing about for the past decade. A cluster of used cell phones. They're easy to power, probably free for the taking, and might make for big computing while just using something that'd normally be thrown away. My original idea was SETI or one of the unfolding@home type projects, but something like this might make for a good project. Alas, I'm way too lazy (and not qualified) to do this. Laziness is one of the perks of retirement.