Famous xkcd comic comes full circle with AI bird-identifying binoculars
Swarovski AX Visio, billed as first “smart binoculars,” names species and tracks location.
@arstechnica@mastodon.social 5000 dollars!
@arstechnica@mastodon.social It even took the stated 5 years!
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At that price, I’ll pass, tvm.@arstechnica@mastodon.social
An with juuust a little tweaking it can be attached to a gun (or missile system), determine if you are friend or foe and decided to let you live of not.
I guess you all knew that already though.
Right?@arstechnica@mastodon.social A commenter on the article pointed out that flickr posted a response to the XKCD comic back in 2014.
@arstechnica@mastodon.social I’ve got a bird feeder with a built-in camera. Either the camera or the app (haven’t checked which) will attempt to identify North American birds from a decent still image.
I got it as a present, but can guarantee that it was nowhere near $5K CAD.
@arstechnica@mastodon.social This feels like a musk thing! Has anyone seriously checked to make sure it isn’t? S/