Comment on Noise-canceling robots to 'mute' loud conversations in cafe | What if we told you that we can actually silence a noisy table right next to us in a café?

• Ryantific_theory@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why does every cool innovation have to have an immediately applicable shitty implication 😭

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  • ricecake@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Eh, everything can be used shitty, but it’s often more work to use a cool thing shitty than it is to just be shitty.
    Like you could do this, or you can put a cheap directional mic in the ceiling where it has free access to power.

    Being able to beat someone to death with a defibrillator doesn’t undermine it’s value as a life saving tool.

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    • Ryantific_theory@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I mean, in this case all they need to do is attach data storage, and suddenly they have a massive data set of natural human conversation to sell to whoever’s training AI.

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      • ricecake@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Sure, but it’s still cheaper to stick a microphone in the ceiling.

        And if you’re looking for training data, there’s cheaper ways still.

        I’m not saying you can’t use this for evil, I’m just saying that it’s easier to do those same things other ways.

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