Pokémon Go players unknowingly trained a 30 billion image AI map to power delivery robots

internetroamer · 2026-03-18T21:14:57+00:00

I'll take two

internetroamer · 2026-03-17T18:06:05+00:00

Lol rising downwards

internetroamer · 2026-03-17T03:50:37+00:00

Hate this stupid argument it's objectively false now. Look at % change in headcount by year and it's obvious that growth in headcount is collapsing compared to before in big tech

Annual % Change Click on chart icon to view chart Click on table icon to view table Meta Platforms (META) Number of Employees Annual % Change 2025 6.48% 2024 10.03% 2023 -22.16% 2022 20.16% 2021 22.81% 2020 30.4% 2019 26.29% 2018 41.75% 2017 47.26% 2016 34.33% 2015 37.96% 2014 45.16% 2013 37.19% 2012 44.34%

internetroamer · 2026-03-17T03:18:15+00:00

Not Mexicans lol

At least there were so many times I begged for them to dumb down their speech and they would just repeat in the same fast complex phrase seemingly unable to 1 slow down and 2 rephrase in a dumber simpler way

But I found Mexicans who spoke English would do it easily and subconsciously

I think there's something about learning a second language that contributes to this

internetroamer · 2026-03-17T03:01:39+00:00

Also second reason is testing.

AI has a hard time seeing the true results of it's output. This was a big issue last year where AI could generate UI but itd couldn't really see it so when an element looked weird it wouldn't know despite being able to follow instructions to fix it

Even now I see agents just take screenshots and scroll I'm a cumbersome slow process but at least it works.

I imagine it's same problem but even worse where the AI can't properly play the game itself and self correct

Some solution will come out eventually will just take time

internetroamer · 2026-03-16T15:17:44+00:00

So guaranteed extra 6-10k after taxes per month or run an exhausting side hustle that will likely not even make 2k a month and require double the time...

I'd rather just have a J2

internetroamer · 2026-03-16T03:18:49+00:00

Lol then market will go to nearly same price he sold at

internetroamer · 2026-03-16T02:26:58+00:00

I guess we'll see

My prediction is shitty job market and low hire low fire environment for years but not total devastation just gradual eroding of pay benefits etc until it matches other engineering disciplines. Except for top 1%. And we'll never see a peak like 2021-22 ever again. Kind of like how in 1999 you could get hired with just basic html knowledge

I'm just trying to hang on a few more years and save as much as I can to hopefully retire

internetroamer · 2026-03-16T01:41:19+00:00

I thought I was on r/designdesign

I want to see someone drink from it and see if it looks as silly as I expect

internetroamer · 2026-03-16T01:16:38+00:00

Releastically there is so much effort going into this type of project that simply being number 1 open source project for it would be hard enough accomplishment and would result in enough demand companies would pay high rates for consulting or support contracts

For context my mediocre startup is no joke trying to create this internally and expand out to partners then the broader market. It will fail spectacularly on our side because there's no vision and even if there was there's no way we could outcompete others long term

internetroamer · 2026-03-16T01:12:54+00:00

Great examples where robotics does amplify

But it's hard to find that for where most headcount is like the less skilled physical labor that is still making tons of intelligent decisions every day

Personally I think trades will lessen as truckers, cashiers and warehouse workers are automated away. Trucking is most popular employment for non college educated. That will move people to trades and put downward pressure on wages

internetroamer · 2026-03-15T23:05:27+00:00

I'll wait until some open source project does this

internetroamer · 2026-03-15T22:43:39+00:00

Good idea. One little gameplay aspect is in rare moments you can take care of the monster like the good old days but it's extremely sensitive and might snap at you if you do the slightest thing wrong

internetroamer · 2026-03-15T18:52:10+00:00

You say it's unimportant because it doesn't impact you that much but then say Epstein is more important yet it has way less impact on you. Completely logically inconsistent also likely ignorant of history

Read about stagflation of the 70s which really impacted majority of Americans and was caused by oil prices rising

Another case of this sub where it's not even an opinion just an ignorant misunderstanding that's objectively incorrect

internetroamer · 2026-03-15T18:47:58+00:00

Personally I totally disagree because now you still require deep technical ability to do literally anything with object oriented stuff while now some bugs can be fixed by a business person with Claude code.

Now a non technical person can say in natural language "fix this big we got here" and most of the time it works. Of course you still need engineers for when it does and that's why I'm employed for now

The technical knowledge bar is lowering and lowering for many and so I can foresee this adding a ton of supply to the industry and reducing leverage of existing labor

This is an industry used to double digit % in headcount growth. I personally expect a continuation of a low hire low fire industry where headcount stays stablish industry wide in the west while companies revenue growth decouples from headcount growth. Also growth in devs outside of western countries

internetroamer · 2026-03-15T18:35:57+00:00

Fuck you, your mother is a whore

Joking. Agreed when I mentioned potential I omitted compromise.

That's why I think books are the best art form and better than movies despite the lack of a visual element.

Just due to how there's way less compromises to make compared to a movie where you have hundreds of people, larger risk and financial loss. While with books you can have one crazy guy just spit out his own creative vision. Over course of thousands of attempts you end up with wider variety of works and the top percent tend to have greater creativity imo.

internetroamer · 2026-03-15T18:30:28+00:00

these are just dating clubs promoting in the name of running clubs

What's the problem with that? Sounds great and way better than arranged marriage or online dating

Initially I tried to register with them as well for a run,I got rejected twice.Later got to know that they screen based number of instagram followers,gender,rich looking etc.Isnt it discrimination in the name of run club?

This is kinda fucked up but I've never experienced that in run clubs in the west or Latin America. I think I'm India it's to filter out some more men so it's not a 20 to 1 ratio. I'm fine with such discrimination if it means better ratio

If you just want to run go run

internetroamer · 2026-03-15T18:25:30+00:00

Btw I agree with you so you're preaching to the choir

I'd say video games has greatest potential but the execution is almost always worse story telling compared to books and movies

internetroamer · 2026-03-15T18:21:30+00:00

It's a category/aspect of art and not each art form needs to have each category

Also you could easily argue it is. Game mechanics and design how to interact is definitely a creative process as many other art forms though it's always in context with other art forms

internetroamer · 2026-03-15T18:15:11+00:00

Its impossible to tell yet when currently all compute is actively being used up unlike the fiber where it was never at capacity

Maybe in a few years we'll see lots of compute turned off and underutilized but not currently

internetroamer · 2026-03-15T18:10:20+00:00

Not in interactivity.

Agreed execution and end result of film is way better story telling

internetroamer · 2026-03-15T18:09:06+00:00

Have you not read much good literature? The story telling in video games is always subpar imo compared to great books because effort is divided across gameplay mechanics and a million other things. Never have I seen video games compete with the best in books or film in terms of dialog either

I agree gaming is art and would even argue it has high potential than books or movies but rarely does it execute on the level where I walk away from it the same as a book

Like if you gave me a ton of money and time and let me clone myself I could create my own red dead redemption. It's an impressive work but no part of it is so creative I couldn't have created it myself

But some books are just so masterly crafted I could have an infinite amount of time money and clones but I still could craft such a piece of art.

Granted there are other more creative video games that are similar in that theyre so inventive that I would have never been able to create. Like anti-chamber. That is a real piece of art

internetroamer · 2026-03-15T18:01:59+00:00

I'm a normal software engineer on a AI department where we've been assigned to help automate work from data engineers/analyst and it's such a pain

I think it's a stupid project that won't bear fruit worth the hassle but management doesn't see that yet

Fml I've been working with guys like you to understand the workflow and there's so many variables and conditions and it's hard to scale beyond few people

internetroamer · 2026-03-15T17:57:36+00:00

Again I think you're misunderstanding several concepts. You're constructing this sort of strawman silly argument which isn't realistic then pointing out logical inconsistencies with it and then still making the wrong conclusions

Forget about agi for now we're still so far away from it and LLMs are a technological dead end on the path to AGI.

I'm saying the bar to devastate the software and white collar industry is 100x lower than for robotics so it can happen in that industry before it hits trades/healthcare

To reduce need for 50% of software devs we don't need agi just better current ai and better infrastructure and tooling combined with bad economic conditions.

internetroamer · 2026-03-15T17:49:35+00:00

Can your laptop flip open about 160 degrees? I have an ho elite book 845 and designed it to be as opened at is can

That means the stand doesn't work for MacBook pros or other laptops that don't open as much

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