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by codetrotter 491 days ago
> Someone's got to create new data for the AI borg

AI companies could always go the route that the creators of Pokemon Go went:

> The model uses geolocation information from scans players submit of real-world locations while playing Pokémon Go.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2024/11/23/niantic-pokem...

Make a game, have people submit pictures and video to you as part of the game.

Where Niantic were using Pokemon Go for collecting scans of locations, other games could get players to take other kinds of pictures and video too.

"Oh, look! There's a 500XP bonus if I can shoot a picture of a perfectly grilled steak within the next 45 minutes!"