Thingiverse uses AI to block production of ghost guns

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• DemBoSain@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is really just a way to save money on human moderators. I’m pretty sure Thingiverse has always forbidden functional weapons. Now they don’t have to examine each one, they’ll just let the machine deal with it.

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  • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wonder how it handles nerf blasters?

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    • Bubs@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My guess, and confirmed by another comment, is that the ai only flags posts for review. Then the moderators have to manually check the post.

      Honestly, it’s not a terrible use of AI in my opinion. Considering posts practically never change, they really only have to scan each post once. The mod can either flag it as safe or remove it. They are probably just running image and text pattern recognition on previously banned posts to flag newly submitted posts.

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    • kn33@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My money’s on “poorly”

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    • MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      image recognition AI is notoriously bad at context, so it’ll probably flag half the nerf blasters as “potential weapons” and require human review anyway lol

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• GhostlyPixel@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It should be noted that Thingiverse’s policy is against “firearms” and not guns in general. The company has no problem with replica props, airsoft guns, sci-fi blaster toys, or gun-like objects that shoot candy.

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  “AI will be used only to flag potentially harmful designs, but a human will always be the one to decide if something should be removed,” Chapman told Tom’s Hardware. If a file is removed from Thingiverse, it will be removed by a person, not a machine.

  This was my biggest worry, otherwise I see 99% of removed files just being cosplay props

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  • hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So, my potato “launcher” design would be…OK?

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    • neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Combustion assisted vegetable catapult, you mean?

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    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Can it launch a 40mm… “potato”?

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    • Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      As long as the potato isn’t made of metal and uses gunpowder to propel it, sure.

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• vale@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  regardless of your stance on them, the fact of the matter is that any major 3d file hoster (Thingiverse, Printables. Cults, etc.) are not the place to get the files to print a firearm. a lot of firearms are found across the Internet and are relatively easy to find

  they’re perfectly legal where I live and I just think they’re neat, but I’ll have to destroy them if/when I move to where I want to go

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• PattyMcB@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In some places it’s perfectly legal to manufacture guns with 3d printers. Know you’re local laws.

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  • Kowowow@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think it is in canada or at least most of one but I’m not eager to look too closely as I don’t need the scrutiny on me

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    • BootLoop@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I thought it was allowed from what I was told, but looking it up it requires a firearms business license.

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    • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t need the scrutiny on me

      Officer, this guy right here. Lol

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  • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Know you’re local laws

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• givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s too late to put the genie back in the bottle…

  It’s not just Glocks, you can 3d print the serialized part of an AK, MP5, and lots of others.

  AR needs metal still as far as I know. But for lots of serious weapons you can buy “parts kits” that sent straight to your door for 2-400.

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  • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And yet, America is still the only country with regular mass shootings.

    Everyone acts like people are going to be able to start 3d printing guns and ammunition en masse, and get it doesn’t happen anywhere at any significant scale. It’s just defeatist nonsense pushed by gun lovers to convince people not to act.

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    • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Finland has almost as many households (as a %) with guns as the U.S. (38% for Finland vs 42% for the U.S.) yet the U.S. has about 19x the per capita gun homicide rate of Finland.

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• NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The one physible item you can always find on on Bit Torrent.

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