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Cool, but I question the association with nutrition labels. Those have a specific, regulated purpose and this AI checklist doesn't. Is the nutrition label assoc

Cool, but I question the association with nutrition labels. Those have a specific, regulated purpose and this AI checklist doesn't. Is the nutrition label association supposed to subtly associate to some authenticity?

bbor 3y ago
Yes, IMO. It’s supposed to be aspirational, I think — perhaps prompting the thought “if the government regulates what I eat, and I like that, maybe the government should regulate the software that controls my life…”
- Aerroon 3y ago
  But the government does not really regulate what you eat. They require a nutritional label that has objectively true information on it. It's possible for others to check whether the information on the label is true. Even then it's still a pinky-promise system. I had some food recently where the macros added up to 30% more calories than were listed on the label.
  - NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
    Truth is completely relative for the people doing the labeling. The main things to remember is that a horrible ingredient may go by any of a dozen different names, and the ingredients too horrible to even mention can easily be swept under the rug with catch-alls such as "spices" and "artificial flavors". In fact, that scary label on sea salt, This salt does not supply iodide, a necessary nutrient. is objectively false, because sea salt usually contains plenty, but if they don't artificially add it, they're required to lie.
    - Aerroon 3y ago
      Those horrible things are usually in trace amounts and can very well be impossible to avoid for food. But the caloric value, protein, carbohydrate, fat, and sodium amounts are not relative. I would like stricter nutritional labels, but I don't think people would be able to meet those standards.
yreg 3y ago
May be inspired by Apple's privacy labels https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/5/21551926/apple-privacy-developers-nutrition-labels-app-store-ios-14 https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/5/21551926/apple-privacy-de...

bbor 3y ago

Yes, IMO. It’s supposed to be aspirational, I think — perhaps prompting the thought “if the government regulates what I eat, and I like that, maybe the government should regulate the software that controls my life…”

Aerroon 3y ago
But the government does not really regulate what you eat. They require a nutritional label that has objectively true information on it. It's possible for others to check whether the information on the label is true. Even then it's still a pinky-promise system. I had some food recently where the macros added up to 30% more calories than were listed on the label.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
  Truth is completely relative for the people doing the labeling. The main things to remember is that a horrible ingredient may go by any of a dozen different names, and the ingredients too horrible to even mention can easily be swept under the rug with catch-alls such as "spices" and "artificial flavors". In fact, that scary label on sea salt, This salt does not supply iodide, a necessary nutrient. is objectively false, because sea salt usually contains plenty, but if they don't artificially add it, they're required to lie.
  - Aerroon 3y ago
    Those horrible things are usually in trace amounts and can very well be impossible to avoid for food. But the caloric value, protein, carbohydrate, fat, and sodium amounts are not relative. I would like stricter nutritional labels, but I don't think people would be able to meet those standards.

yreg 3y ago

May be inspired by Apple's privacy labels https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/5/21551926/apple-privacy-developers-nutrition-labels-app-store-ios-14 https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/5/21551926/apple-privacy-de...