TOW #13 "Facebook Preventing Drunk Photos" (article)

                In this BuzzFeed article, the author talks about the topic of Facebook having a new ability to tell the difference between a drunk picture of you and a sober picture of you, and prevent the drunk ones from being uploaded. They had an interview with the person that oversees the Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research department, Yann LeCun. This qualified person explained how the technology that would be in use is the same as the technology they use to suggest things you might like. This technology is composed of deep learning algorithms that will be able to decide whether you will regret the image you are uploading the next morning. “’Imagine that you had an intelligent digital assistant which would mediate your interaction with your friends,’ he says, adding, ‘and also with content on Facebook.’” The upside is obvious. Imagine how much embarrassment would be saved when you don’t have to worry about your boss or family members seeing you absurdly drunk in pictures you uploaded on a whim. There are many different kinds of people that would benefit from this. The downside is, with a little added humor on the author’s part, would be that “after the machines get so clever that there’s an inevitable robot uprising, there probably won’t be any photos of you at all.”