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It seems I'm in a minority thinking this is not that great... wind can blow the hat (or the thing from the generalized idea) into traffic, or onto a baby, or an

It seems I'm in a minority thinking this is not that great... wind can blow the hat (or the thing from the generalized idea) into traffic, or onto a baby, or any other place to upset people. Also, if the recipient can't/doesn't pick the thing up, then it's littering. From the technical perspective finding heads in a video is not that impressive nowadays... So, I don't get all the excitement...

askl 2y ago
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- simianparrot 2y ago
  And yet again it’s an existing technology (image recognition) with a lick of AI paint
  - codingdave 2y ago
    Image recognition is AI. LLMs are the latest flavor of AI, but that doesn't invalidate the term for everything that has been around before.
    - simianparrot 2y ago
      No it is a _component_ of AI. The ability to react to optical stimuli does not make a plant intelligent, but it is a component of intelligence.
- rrgok 2y ago
  He should've have said "Blazingly fast AI hat dropper, in Rust"
  - Narishma 2y ago
    "running on a M4 macbook and controlled by a raspberry pi"
octocop 2y ago
you must be great at parties
- armada651 2y ago
  Sometimes someone has to tell the party when they've come up with a potentially deadly idea no matter how much of a killjoy that may be.
  - the-chitmonger 2y ago
    Case in point - my friends wanted to imbibe a certain white powder with alcohol and I had to let them know that it is magnitudes more toxic to take them together. Did they have a less fun time? Probably. But I won't have their premature deaths on my conscience.
    - jjulius 2y ago
      So, now we're comparing a hat dropping one or two stories to overdosing on a combination of drugs and alcohol? It'd be nice if we could all just chill the hell out and let someone's fun, stupid, kinda pointless project just be someone's fun, stupid, kinda pointless project. Edit: I don't mind the downvotes, but do feel free to tell me if I'm off base for thinking comparing this project to overdosing is a hell of a stretch.
      - rob74 2y ago
        Imagine walking (or in this case, standing around) on a sidewalk just going about your business. Then, imagine something drops on your head, literally out of the blue. In a city littered with scaffolding designed to prevent pedestrians being injured by stuff dropping from buildings. Further, imagine you are easily scared and/or have a weak heart. So, I think it's not a huge stretch to say that, with enough unlucky coincidences, this also might kill someone.
        cutemonster 2y ago
ertgbnm 2y ago
Eh, it's cute and I seriously doubt he is using this when not at home since it is a single use device. But also I am shocked that there is a New Yorker that would pick up a hat from the street and put it on their head. My first thought would be, "how much lice is in this thing?"
- sandworm101 2y ago
  As opposed to the hat in the store that has been tried on by a dozen tourists?
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stronglikedan 2y ago
Babies with hats?! Won't somebody think of the children!
- iamleppert 2y ago
  Also no permitting, especially in NYC! Eeek!
karolist 2y ago
This perspective is being on the right side in the bell curve meme graph. Also why did they copy Noogler hat design?
- fcarraldo 2y ago
  Google didn't invent the propeller hat.
  - rvnx 2y ago
    They just popularized it for humiliating new employees.
    - karolist 2y ago
      Strange perspective, it's not like they make employees wear them around the office, it's more so a message that you're new and it's ok, relax and take your time to onboard ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
dleslie 2y ago
I'm thinking it's assault. Imagine being on the sidewalk and someone just hucks a hat at your head, how would that feel? More than a little alarming for many, I should think. How is it not clear that it's inappropriate to be violating others' personal space without their consent and without warning, to force clothing upon them no less?
- s3p 2y ago
  If a hat falls on me when I'm outside I promise you my first thought will not be about how the wind assaulted me without consent...
- julesallen 2y ago
  If you actually read the article all will be much clearer.
- deleted 2y ago
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- borski 2y ago
  Read the article. It is opt-in.
julesallen 2y ago
"Here a busy New Yorker *can book a 5 minute time slot*, pay for a hat, stand in a spot under my window for 3 seconds, have a hat put on their head, and get on with their extremely important, extemely busy day all within a single New York minute."
aiauthoritydev 2y ago
Exactly my thoughts. I dont want anything being dropped on me when I am riding my bike or walking with an infant in a stroller. But I am hoping the guy did this just to solve problems and not actually dropping hats on others.

askl 2y ago

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simianparrot 2y ago
And yet again it’s an existing technology (image recognition) with a lick of AI paint
- codingdave 2y ago
  Image recognition is AI. LLMs are the latest flavor of AI, but that doesn't invalidate the term for everything that has been around before.
  - simianparrot 2y ago
    No it is a _component_ of AI. The ability to react to optical stimuli does not make a plant intelligent, but it is a component of intelligence.
rrgok 2y ago
He should've have said "Blazingly fast AI hat dropper, in Rust"
- Narishma 2y ago
  "running on a M4 macbook and controlled by a raspberry pi"

octocop 2y ago

you must be great at parties

armada651 2y ago
Sometimes someone has to tell the party when they've come up with a potentially deadly idea no matter how much of a killjoy that may be.
- the-chitmonger 2y ago
  Case in point - my friends wanted to imbibe a certain white powder with alcohol and I had to let them know that it is magnitudes more toxic to take them together. Did they have a less fun time? Probably. But I won't have their premature deaths on my conscience.
  - jjulius 2y ago
    So, now we're comparing a hat dropping one or two stories to overdosing on a combination of drugs and alcohol? It'd be nice if we could all just chill the hell out and let someone's fun, stupid, kinda pointless project just be someone's fun, stupid, kinda pointless project. Edit: I don't mind the downvotes, but do feel free to tell me if I'm off base for thinking comparing this project to overdosing is a hell of a stretch.
    - rob74 2y ago
      Imagine walking (or in this case, standing around) on a sidewalk just going about your business. Then, imagine something drops on your head, literally out of the blue. In a city littered with scaffolding designed to prevent pedestrians being injured by stuff dropping from buildings. Further, imagine you are easily scared and/or have a weak heart. So, I think it's not a huge stretch to say that, with enough unlucky coincidences, this also might kill someone.
      - cutemonster 2y ago

ertgbnm 2y ago

Eh, it's cute and I seriously doubt he is using this when not at home since it is a single use device. But also I am shocked that there is a New Yorker that would pick up a hat from the street and put it on their head. My first thought would be, "how much lice is in this thing?"

sandworm101 2y ago
As opposed to the hat in the store that has been tried on by a dozen tourists?

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stronglikedan 2y ago

Babies with hats?! Won't somebody think of the children!

iamleppert 2y ago
Also no permitting, especially in NYC! Eeek!

karolist 2y ago

This perspective is being on the right side in the bell curve meme graph. Also why did they copy Noogler hat design?

fcarraldo 2y ago
Google didn't invent the propeller hat.
- rvnx 2y ago
  They just popularized it for humiliating new employees.
  - karolist 2y ago
    Strange perspective, it's not like they make employees wear them around the office, it's more so a message that you're new and it's ok, relax and take your time to onboard ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

dleslie 2y ago

I'm thinking it's assault. Imagine being on the sidewalk and someone just hucks a hat at your head, how would that feel? More than a little alarming for many, I should think. How is it not clear that it's inappropriate to be violating others' personal space without their consent and without warning, to force clothing upon them no less?

s3p 2y ago
If a hat falls on me when I'm outside I promise you my first thought will not be about how the wind assaulted me without consent...
julesallen 2y ago
If you actually read the article all will be much clearer.
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borski 2y ago
Read the article. It is opt-in.

julesallen 2y ago

"Here a busy New Yorker *can book a 5 minute time slot*, pay for a hat, stand in a spot under my window for 3 seconds, have a hat put on their head, and get on with their extremely important, extemely busy day all within a single New York minute."

aiauthoritydev 2y ago

Exactly my thoughts. I dont want anything being dropped on me when I am riding my bike or walking with an infant in a stroller. But I am hoping the guy did this just to solve problems and not actually dropping hats on others.