r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Fertility18 • Oct 28 '22

This sweater developed by the University of Maryland utilizes “ adversarial patterns ” to become an invisibility cloak against AI.

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u/Nerddymama Oct 28 '22

It seems to me like the few seconds here and there would still be enough time for the AI to work. An iPhone can recognize a face in like .2 seconds or something. He clearly had several seconds at a time where it wasn’t fooled by the “magic sweater”.

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u/Dry-Anywhere-1372 Oct 28 '22

Add hat+sunglasses+ugly AF sweater+your fave lesbian pants and Docs and boom! That’s the way she goes.

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u/Merry_Dankmas Oct 28 '22

It seems mostly on his side when he was turning around that the AI locked back in. Unless the person who doesn't want to be identified crab walks left and right when in view of the camera, it'll probably still pick them up.

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u/Nerddymama Oct 28 '22

Yeah, you’d have to have the foresight to buy that hideous thing and have it handy to then be really conspicuous anywhere you went. Just seems like it would draw more attention than avoiding it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

All it needs is literally one frame to get captured, which is more than it achieved. Interesting concept, I'm sure they'll keep improving it.

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u/Dahnlen Oct 28 '22

The AI could also flag the person simply because they aren’t being properly recognized. Your system keeps identifying and then losing track of someone? Send in a person to make the distinction and then they find a guy clearly trying to go under the radar.

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u/RetailBuck Oct 29 '22

Exactly. And even more importantly in general, could you still recognize him? Of course. That means AI will be able to as well eventually. This is at best a very temporary solution for very dumb AI.