Do you remember the Pokémon Go craze a few years ago? Now, its players are getting scammed by the game's maker, Niantic. The company has jumped onto the AI bandwagon and is selling player data -- all those locations they sent you to, and all those photos you dutifully took are being fed into AI training.

https://nianticlabs.com/news/largegeospatialmodel

If you're sick of hearing about Large Language Models (LLMs), get ready for Large Geospatial Model (LGM) hype!

Currently, it appears to be at the stage where Niantic has had dreams of monetisation, put up a "For Sale" sign, spaffed a bunch of AI hype on their website, and baited a trap to get the gullible with a bunch of techy sounding keywords such AI and Augmented Reality (see attached screenshot).
Will it cost a lot of money? Yes.
Will it burn a lot of electricity and cause a lot of pollution? Yes.
Will it amount to anything useful?
No, I don't think so.

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