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RE: AI learns to predict average household income from Satellite Images
Wow, that's amazing. It's a simple concept that could come in handy especially for travelers. But, like with any technology that uses personal data it also could be abused. Overall though, I believe that this could be a wonderful tool if used in the right way. It could be especially useful for those who are traveling and looking for an airbnb or vacation rental by owner in a new city they've never been to. The traveler could make sure that they're staying in a safer location depending on what Penny tells them about the vacation rental.
Interesting read, thanks for sharing Fredrikaa
Now that's an interesting application of the data that I had not really thought about.
It reminds me of a cool idea I saw presented at a New York Hackathon organized by Tech Crunch earlier. A team presented an idea called Safepath (or something like that) which used Google Maps to suggest the safest path from point A to point B (as opposed to the fastest path which is normally suggested) to help people in a foreign city avoid unpleasant areas on their way home to their hotels. I know they used data such as the amount of street lights, the closing hours of shops and restaurants (busy areas are often safer areas than back-alleys of course). I'm sure they could integrate this data as well :)
A very itneresting topic though!