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Niantic uses Pokémon Go player data to build AI navigation system (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] frunch@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Bothers me that much of this data has been collected without explaining what its intended purpose is. All those captchas that want you to pick out cars or bikes etc, Pokemon game that wants you to scan locations for free items... It simply never occurred to me that these were actually just ways to train AI surreptitiously

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 29 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Never? They were very clear about the first captchas being used to train OCR, way back in like 2010.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Every day that I play Pokemon Go, I'm aware that I'm making a Faustian bargain for motivation to take a walk in exchange for my privacy.

[–] TseseJuer@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

have fun when the "invaders" are roaming your streets and know exactly where you are because you showed them your walk for 10 years. big rip pika pika hot though amirite

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