I remember being younger and being angry with him Parents' fear of technology. In my mind, their reluctance to share personal information was just an obstacle between me and being able to do so He buys The magic of gathering Singles From strangers on the Internet. Computers were cool my friend! All sites are secure. Because they said so!
Now, I wouldn't go so far as to say that boomers are right about technology, because that would require at least a basic knowledge of why a web browser and “the Internet” are two different things. However, I will admit that we might have been better off adopting some level of their panic. Now, we're all immersed in a mass of technology companies that want nothing more than our precious data and perhaps even our DNA. It had gone so far that “caution” was no longer a viable protection, so people were forced to attack to prevent them from using SkyNet fully.
Here are four ways mediocre and incompetent humans are fighting back against our robot overlords…
Anti-AI coating
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The world of AI art, even at its most basic level, is an understandable firestorm. Maybe because it's a fucking nightmare. I'm not sure why “drawing” is an activity that technology addicts think people are tired of doing. It's as if perhaps “creative expression” should have been lower than “folding laundry” or “paying taxes” on our list of things we'd like to remove from everyday life.
Even worse is the fact that, although they like to act as if the technological equivalent of an advanced AI's ability to think and create, a virtual robot holding a paintbrush, imagining a version of Joe Biden covered in weird nipples, is an essentially glorious mash-up. The truth is that it is very clear that these images do not come from scratch. Ask where they're actually coming from, and suddenly the same people who can't wait to talk about AI are suddenly complaining. Maybe because they know it's a minefield.
The leaks show that these futurists, ironically, lack the foresight not to do so Possible copyright infringement is widely discussed on Discord and records of it stored on Google Docs She stressed that artists should be concerned. It is also clear that reactive measures, involving the notoriously slow legal system, are not enough. That's why a team at the University of Chicago developed Glaze, a system capable of creating visual works of art Confusing and unreadable to AI scrapers without noticeable changes to the human eye. I'm not smart enough to know exactly how, but They suggest thinking about it It is as if there is an ultraviolet or ultrasonic frequency above the art, which robots can see but humans cannot.
Anti-facial recognition fashion
Speaking of visual representations associated with your identity that you might want to protect, what about your face? The advances in facial recognition technology are somewhat intimidating, even though they've done their best to associate it with convenience. Your phone can unlock itself in your face! amazing! Now imagine your phone is attached to a lamppost, pointed at a crowd of people, searching for your face. Less cool!
We've come so far that it's not always clear to us what is being used as an identifying feature, as anyone who has been surprised by the phone unlocking despite a generous dose of facial accessories. When the coronavirus demanded widespread use of masks, Apple proudly announced its phone It can recognize you while wearing the mask! Great, I bet the police state isn't behind them, very aggressive, carrying a hard drive full of protest footage!
So, anti-identity fashion had to go a little further. Especially if she wants to still be recognizable to actual humans, and not appear on a Rorschach-style cover every day before leaving the house. One of the coolest—and scientifically backed—strategies is what looks like a pair of safety glasses studded with near-infrared light. It was developed in Japan by professors Isao Echizen and Seiichi Gohshiglasses produce up to a kind of intense glare, but only for cameras and not for the human eye.
Feature-based encryption to combat facial recognition
Of course, not everyone may want to step outside the protection zone of surveillance, which is necessarily less accurate. A pair of glasses covered in lights makes foil hats look like a dainty hug collar. In this case, we have to go instead to the camera systems themselves. Along these lines, feature-based encryption, or ABE, encodes certain features in digital footage and images. It uses artificial intelligence to Locate real-time features such as faces, license plates and other potentially identifying information And encrypt it on things like security camera footage. look over there We are Useful applications of artificial intelligence, they are less popular because they do not allow large-scale layoffs in companies.
Don't hold your breath waiting for commercial support, guys! Next time, create a program that tells you if a worker is looking at their phone!
Beat the shit out of robots
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Our final path to the continued survival of humanity is one that we do not legally support. Fortunately, we don't have to, because everyone's brains are already working. The truth is that no matter how big and round the fake eyes are, many people don't like being looked at by a robot.
Food delivery robots They were beaten up with piles of screws and robbed. A robot designed to move across the United States has managed to cover the road from Boston to Philadelphia Before he was beheaded. New York, looking for any possible way to Spending less than $155 million on police overtime To patrol the subway, for the first time New surveillance robot. Well, at least that's what they call it. I like to describe it as a “spray paint magnet on wheels.”
Perhaps the next big development in robotics is designing a robot that doesn't look like fun.
Eli Yudin is a comedian in Brooklyn. You can follow it Twitter And Instagram On @eliyudin and listen to his podcast, What a good time to be aliveabout the five strangest news stories of the week, on Apple Podcast, Spotify Or wherever else you get your podcasts.
