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Niantic announces “Large Geospatial Model” trained on Pokémon Go player data

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383 points bookstore-romeo | 7 comments | 19 Nov 24 20:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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dankwizard ◴[21 Nov 24 03:51 UTC] No.42200923[source]▶
We do this at MyFitnessPal.

When users scan their barcode, the preview window is zoomed in so users think its mostly barcode. We actually get quite a bit more background noise typically of a fridge, supermarket aisle, pantry etc. but it is sent across to us, stored, and trained on.

Within the next year we will have a pretty good idea of the average pantry, fridge, supermarket aisle. Who knows what is next

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1. onionisafruit ◴[21 Nov 24 04:26 UTC] No.42201114[source]▶
This post’s replies makes it clear a lot of us don’t recognize humor. Do people really think MyFitnessPal is trying to build a model of the average pantry?
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2. ryanschaefer ◴[21 Nov 24 04:30 UTC] No.42201134[source]▶
Who knows what is next
3. tgsovlerkhgsel ◴[21 Nov 24 04:56 UTC] No.42201264[source]▶
The problem is that it's not possible to make a parody of an unethical company so blatant that it wouldn't also be a 100% plausible description of a business practice that some company actually does...
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4. hackernewds ◴[21 Nov 24 06:02 UTC] No.42201556[source]▶
Silicon Valley TV show is a documentary
5. gretch ◴[21 Nov 24 06:52 UTC] No.42201802[source]▶
The humor isn’t recognized because the humor isn’t there. To be funny there has to be a setup, a punchline, some kinda joke structure. Humor isn’t just saying false things…

Imagine a comedian saying this on stage, how many laughs would that get?

> Do people really think MyFitnessPal is trying to build a model of the average pantry?

We’ve all seen dumber things that are real. Juicero is my personal favorite example.

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6. firtoz ◴[21 Nov 24 08:26 UTC] No.42202240[source]▶
The humor is attained afterwards when one reads the comments who take it seriously, they become the punchline.

That completes the circuit. It's a nice setup.

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7. phito ◴[21 Nov 24 08:46 UTC] No.42202342{3}[source]▶
Except we're living in a world where it wouldn't be that surprising, especially after reading this post. Good idea of a joke but bad execution.