GM☕️ 143 million people think they are catching Pokémon, but in reality, they helped Niantic build a free AI visual dataset of 30 billion images🤣

Players scanned landmarks, shops, parks, sidewalks around the world, in various angles and weather conditions, and over 8 years, accumulated one of the largest real-world visual databases globally. Now Niantic is using this data to create visual navigation AI for delivery robots.

In simpler terms, the most valuable AI training dataset in the world is not assembled in data centers; it is 'played' out by a group of ordinary users who have no idea what they are doing. Google is still a shareholder 😮‍💨

Isn't this just the Web2 version of milking the cow? — You contribute data and labor, the platform monetizes it, and you, my friend, get... a Pikachu or a Charizard 🤡