I wish I could ban the term “AI” from public discourse.
This tiny, tamper-proof ID tag can authenticate almost anything
Submitted 8 months ago by catculation@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.world
https://news.mit.edu/2024/tiny-tamper-proof-id-tag-can-authenticate-almost-anything-0218
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lolcatnip@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Lmaydev@programming.dev 8 months ago
Then you’re in for a bad time. It’s a game changer, even if over-hyped.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 8 months ago
My problem is that “AI” is an overly broad term that leads people to conflate very different technologies. I just want people to use more specific language.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Of course it uses AI!
TheOneCurly@lemm.ee 8 months ago
We made a tag that can’t be reliably and deterministically scanned so we also included a machine learning model that takes a good guess at it.
I just don’t see how you could possibly rely on a black box model for anything important. You have no way to mathematically prove if there are collisions in the model output or not, and newer versions of the model can’t be made backwards compatible. So if you have a database of thousands of these tags scanned, then they discover a critical vulnerability and provide a new model, you’re SOL and everything you have is worthless.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 8 months ago
Can you imagine your house doorknob had to think about the shape of your key before letting you in, and then have the possibility of just saying "No. Not today."?
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 8 months ago
If there were collisions in the output you’d see them while scanning those thousands of entries. And if they release a new model you can use it going forward and keep scanning the old items with the old one.
This happens in inventory sometimes, new technology comes out, you have to update asset tags.
Lmaydev@programming.dev 8 months ago
It’s used to identify similarities in glue patterns. In what way wouldn’t this be backwards compatible? New versions would just be better at it.