****The Official A.I. Thread****

[BigRedChief]

All the new applications and systems made better or replaced with A.I.

First up Google Maps

Introducing Geospatial Analytics

Google Maps Platform is used by over 10 million websites and apps. Customers want to access more insights from our up-to-date, comprehensive geospatial data, so they can make more informed business and sustainability decisions. That’s why for the first time, we’re integrating new Google Maps Platform datasets, along with Earth Engine datasets and capabilities, directly into BigQuery, to make it easier for data analysts and decision makers to access insights. Read this blog to go deeper on our geospatial analytics capabilities. Starting today, the following datasets can be accessed in BigQuery:

Our first Imagery Insights dataset, available in Experimental, applies Vertex AI in Google Cloud directly to Street View imagery in data clean rooms, to identify, detect, and see the condition of key infrastructure objects, like telephone poles, street signs, roads, and bridges. If a telecom company wants to identify which utility poles require maintenance, they can use this dataset to more easily locate all their poles virtually.

Places Insights available in Preview, enables businesses to get customized, aggregated insights about many places in a wider area, based on ratings, store hours, parking, wheelchair accessibility, and more. If a retailer wants to open a new store in an area with a high concentration of expensive restaurants and a low density of large retail brands, Places Insights will provide insights on locations that fit this criteria.

Roads Management Insights available in Preview, helps public sector and road authorities analyze traffic data and improve roads with historical and real-time traffic information. For example, traffic authorities can use the insights from this to identify accident-prone areas and add safety measures like speed bumps or stop signs. They can also build models that forecast traffic conditions to mitigate congestion before it even occurs.

Earth Engine in BigQuery available in Preview, enables organizations to derive sustainability insights, such as wildfire risk or deforestation, from satellite imagery for a specified area of interest. With a new geospatial function and 20 new Earth Engine datasets available in BigQuery, this feature makes advanced geospatial analysis accessible to data analysts–even if they don’t have remote sensing expertise.

In addition to these new geospatial analytics capabilities, Google Earth now provides no-code geospatial analytics tools that enable any professional to access insights. To offer a more comprehensive suite of geospatial tools for developers, data analysts and geospatial practitioners, we're bringing Google Earth–which remains available for everyone–and our new geospatial analytics datasets into the Google Maps Platform family. Visit our new website to learn more about our broader geospatial analytics portfolio.

https://mapsplatform.google.com/reso...i-and-weather/

[htismaqe]

That's the one good thing about moving around the company as I have done over the years. I not only have experience in engineering and operations but I also have pretty extensive sales experience I could fall back on. If all else fails, somebody has to convince other companies to buy AI.

[BWillie]

We need a global protection agency for AI. Similar to how there are nuclear weapon treaties. Tbis is going to get outnof control and kill 95%+ of the population within 50 years when it gets under thr wrong hands.

[BigCatDaddy]

I don't even use search engines anymore. This is going to make so many things obsolete, but I also have world of information and opinions at my fingertips in seconds.

[Otter]

Better be prepared to retire or get ready for the paradigm shift we're about to experience.

[Hammock Parties]

[scho63]

The criminals and evil governments are already finding ways and using AI for nefarious purposes.

Voice impersonation is well underway. Recreated official documents too.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by BWillie

We need a global protection agency for AI. Similar to how there are nuclear weapon treaties. Tbis is going to get outnof control and kill 95%+ of the population within 50 years when it gets under thr wrong hands.

even though it’s in everyone’s best interests, it’ll never happen. They can make rules and make it illegal but….an individual only needs a computer, internet access and ability to code. There is no chance we will completely restrict parts of this until something bad happens. Then the powers that be may do something to protect the public.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by scho63

The criminals and evil governments are already finding ways and using AI for nefarious purposes.

Voice impersonation is well underway. Recreated official documents too.

Someone called my wife’s 85 year old mother and pretended to be a hospital ER. Her grandson has been hurt in a car accident. We can fix his face but we need a deposit of $5000 to heal him. Luckily she called her grandson and she found out he was fine.

Those type of scams are going to be put on AI steroids.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Otter

Better be prepared to retire or get ready for the paradigm shift we're about to experience.

Yeah, I was in AD architecture early. Saw the writing on the wall and got myself educated in cloud architecture. The last few years before retirement I started the education on AI as my plan to the next thing in I.T.

I’d bet money that you and Hitimage are following the similar paths as the tech changes so do you. But, my memory issues ended my career. You both are going to be fine. I don’t see anyway that these investors or huge cooperations don’t have an adult in the AI room who has the experience and not just a coder.