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Why do you think essentially no one is complaining about using ML to understand the content of photos, then (especially in comparison to this rather targeted CS
by ribosometronome 5y ago
Why do you think essentially no one is complaining about using ML to understand the content of photos, then (especially in comparison to this rather targeted CSAM feature)? My impression is that both Apple and Google have already been doing that since what? 2016? Earlier? There's been no need for a database of photos, either company could silently update those algorithms to ping on guns, drugs, Winnie the Pooh memes, etc.
- salawat 5y agoraises hand Have been whining about big data for and ML recognition systems for years.
- alwillis 5y agoWhy do you think essentially no one is complaining about using ML to understand the content of photos… At last in Apple's case, ML is used only if a minor child (less than 13 years old) who is on a Family account where the parent/guardian has opted-in to the ability to be alerted if potentially bad content is either sent or received using the Messages app.
- ChrisKnott 5y agoBy default iPhones autocategorise your photos, don't they?
- katbyte 5y agoThe sure do, and now extract text from images
- ribosometronome 5y agoGoogle and Apple both use ML to understand the content of photos already. Go into your app and you can search for things like "dog", "beer", "birdhouse", and "revolver". Given that it can do all that (and already knows a difference between type of guns), it doesn't seem like a stretch to think it could, if Apple or Google wanted, understand "cocaine", "Winnie the Pooh memes", or whatever repressive-government style worries are had. And it's existed for years, without slippery sloping into anything other than this Messages feature for children.
- ctdonath 5y agoBingo. All Apple has done is add another category for “nude child” with a simple notification when the AI finds one. The tech has arrived; consequences happen.