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

We do this at [name redacted as this was a joke].

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

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?

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.

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.

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.