• supercargo
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    1 year ago

    using artificial intelligence to verify a buyer’s age

    current year - birth year = buyer's age

    We really need to bring LLMs into this? Lmaoà!

    • @[email protected]
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      111 months ago

      You need AI to convert the image of the ID into text. Which is an AI technology that’s existed for over ten years and used in many applications.

        • @[email protected]
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          411 months ago

          https://www.ibm.com/topics/computer-vision

          Computer vision is a field of artificial intelligence (AI) that uses machine learning and neural networks to teach computers and systems to derive meaningful information from digital images, videos and other visual inputs

          https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/computer-vision/

          Computer vision applications use artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to process this data accurately for object identification and facial recognition, as well as classification, recommendation, monitoring, and detection.

          https://cloud.google.com/vision

          Computer vision is a field of artificial intelligence (AI) that enables computers and systems to interpret and analyze visual data and derive meaningful information from digital images, videos, and other visual inputs. Some of its typical real-world applications include: object detection, visual content (images, documents, videos) processing, understanding and analysis, product search, image classification and search, and content moderation.

    • @[email protected]
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      261 year ago

      I thought that it was weird too but they are probably using some kind of machine learning to look at the buying to try and classify age and if the image on the ID matches.

      • @[email protected]
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        311 months ago

        So you could bypass this thing by printing out an image of anybody off the internet and just hold it up to the camera?

        • @[email protected]
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          511 months ago

          That isn’t what that article says. It talks about American Rounds and other companies that use vending machine to sell restricted products. A different company Master Ammo found using AI for facial verification to be costly when they looked at it “years ago”. The article doesn’t specify how long ago that was. If it was 12 years ago, which is the age of Master Ammo, I would find that plausible.

          The machine for American Rounds was pulled because of “disappointing sales”. Retail space ain’t free, and I bet it has slim margins too.

          In any case, the whole endeavor may not be viable in the long run. They either have to get costs low enough to compete with brick and mortar stores and the Big Box stores, or they have to go where none exist while finding enough locations to recoup development costs. The devil’s in the details and unfortunately all the reporting on this has been quick news stories.

      • Alue42
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        1111 months ago

        But Alabama, specifically, was very against the use of ai and facial recognition and passed a bill to limit it’s use. Now they are willing to use it to have a record of exactly when and where they buy ammunition and exactly which caliber? Cognitive disconnect when it’s about convenience, huh

        • @[email protected]
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          411 months ago

          I don’t know if they use facial recognition.

          I also don’t think they are.

          You only need age recognition and maybe facial matching between two images. That’s very different from scanning all people from CCTV footage.

  • Atelopus-zeteki
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    131 year ago

    Speaking of mildly interesting, I’d be mildly interested to know how much spray foam one could put inside that vending machine.

  • @[email protected]
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    811 months ago

    America: You can’t have free health because that’s socialism but you can replenish your Glock 9 stock because FURDUM!!!

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      11 months ago

      Well, an ability to buy stuff for a gun does not exclude the possibility to have an affordable healthcare. US does not have affordable one, but I live in a country with “free” healthcare and it is so shitty that I and my family need to go to private doctors anyway 90% of cases. We need to pay twice: one for the “free” healthcare in taxes and the second time at the private doctor. Admitedly, less fucked up than in US, but this still fucking sucks.

      • verity_kindle
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        411 months ago

        THIS. Sometimes, a silly vending machine in Alabama is just a vending machine in Alabama, not the summation of what you think is wrong with other peoples’ politics.

    • @[email protected]
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      311 months ago

      Ain’t nobody can afford to shoot .38 these days. Rim fire linking and the occasional 9mm mag and I’m broke.

          • verity_kindle
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            511 months ago

            No, I’m American. Every drink is 64 oz and I need 5 kilos of ice for one batch of homebrew beer.

            • @[email protected]
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              211 months ago

              Are you cold crashing when you brew? I brew beer but haven’t cold crashed a batch yet. Is there a difference in the taste?

              • verity_kindle
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                311 months ago

                So far, I always cold crash to get the impurities/ carbohydrates to fall out of the solution and leave a less hazy wort. I like a gnarly trub in my kettle, before I start transferring to the ale pail/ bucket fermenter. So, I don’t know what a beer would taste like without it. I’ve only brewed ales and lambics so far.

      • @[email protected]
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        411 months ago

        Not all tap water is good to drink. Some people wells or some city water is bad.

        Personally I only buy it if the power is out (to help pack the fridge and freezer) or road trips / camping. Where yes is could try to store a coolers worth of ice in my freezer but its just not worth it

        • verity_kindle
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          211 months ago

          Thank you! I feel SEEN. ya leave nice fresh ice in the freezer long enough, it gets funky, especially if it’s stored with other food.

  • Diplomjodler
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    351 year ago

    Great when you didn’t bring enough ammo for your mass shooting and need a quick top up.