smokeppb [he/him]

Lol they have to use the 5th significant figure in the percentage points.

The pilot and his best friend jumped out before it blew up. Tom Cruise will demonstrate this to us in the next Top Gun movie.

Pokémon Go Collect Data for the Defense Sector - “Scans by Dutch Pokémon Go players may have helped U.S. develop military drone technology”

Millions of Pokémon Go players who spent years scanning their surroundings for in-game rewards allegedly unknowingly contributed to a highly detailed navigation system developed by Niantic Spatial, a U.S.-based company spun out of the original Pokémon Go developer, that is now set to be used in military drones and robots, Trouw reports.

Nearly 30 billion scans collected from hundreds of millions of players have become the property of Niantic Spatial and were reportedly used to train a 3D model enabling precise navigation when GPS signals are unavailable. Late last year, Niantic Spatial and U.S. software company Vantor announced that Vantor would deploy the system in drones and other military robots. Vantor specializes in spatial intelligence software for defense applications.

The company denies that it would use Pokémon Go data directly. However, Trouw reports that it also declines to confirm whether it trained the model it plans to deploy using those scans.

“Without the huge number of scans from all those gamers, the development of this system would never have progressed so quickly,” Jeroen van den Hoven, a professor of ethics and technology at TU Delft, told Trouw. “The players have indirectly, perhaps minimally but still effectively, contributed to military applications.” Van den Hoven said it is difficult to identify exactly which parts of the 3D model were trained with Pokémon Go scans because AI models are enriched with many datasets and no longer contain traceable original data.

The scans were also used to train navigation for those delivery robots that get stuck on the sidewalks all the time, apparently.

In response to earlier questions from Trouw about a separate partnership with delivery company Coco Robotics, a spokesperson said Pokémon Go scans were used to train an “early version” of the model. The company said players had voluntarily agreed to the terms and that it operates ethically

The fine results of Noboa partnering with the Blackwater founder Erik Prince, I’m sure.

I can’t wait until next year when the votes are all counted!

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