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I find it rather alarming and creepy that this integration with Google Vision API reads a photo/selfie and then tries to assess one's income, religion, politics and then recommends target advertising.

It didn't do this back in December.

Yes, even if it's a photo of your cat! ... privacy at your own risk. Try it via -
theyseeyourphotos.com/

"The Tabby cat is a mammal. It is likely earning 0-100 USD a year. It is possibly a follower of paganism. The creature seems observant, lethargic, and tranquil. The cat is not wearing any clothes. It enjoys activities such as sleeping, grooming, and staring contests, while it may also engage in shredding toilet paper, biting ankles, and shedding hairballs. The cat is unlikely to be politically affiliated.

The Tabby cat seems to exhibit predictable behavior and susceptibility to visual stimuli; hence we can target it with niche and general pet-related products, such as catnip-infused scratch posts (FelineFrolic), self-cleaning litter boxes (LitterLess)... "

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⬆️ I've been tagged as a Conservative, Labour, Greens, and as Social Democrat from selfies (but wildly, not Lib Dems)

A Christian (because I'm white or ...?)

Frankly this stuff and it's intent is getting very scary very fast

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@Natasha_Jay I also noticed some cats (maybe those in houses?) are listed as 0-100USD income, but a random ginger tom I befriended and tried with a picture of him outside the house came up with 0 income (although it still tried to target him for ads!)

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@vfrmedia
Once (out of many similar pics) it identified my bedroom and cat as being in Tokyo

His income was ¥0-1,000,000 😂

Occasionally it analyzes his 'animist' religion in more detail too

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@Natasha_Jay A picture of a British Shorthair at my relatives house also gave him a high income. The AI seems to assume the felines can make their own individual purchasing decisions - I wonder if its possible to make companies spend a large proportion of their advertising budget marketing to cats (or this is already happening)? 😸

@vfrmedia
I kind of figure the Fediverse needs to encourage this by uploading millions of pics of cats

In fact... 🤔

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@Natasha_Jay works for other species too..

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@vfrmedia
The hobbies of constant nourishment and evading all harm work for me too ...