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artyom@piefed.social 3 hours agoI mean, there is a legitimate benefit here. The camera can analyze your feces for health issues. And most people aren’t smart enough to set up their own server so they host one for you. And the AI analysis would cost a lot more to be processed locally.
And personally, I would not be terribly concerned about photos of my poo going into a database.
Not saying you should buy one of these but it definitely can provide value, especially if you have intestinal issues.
kadup@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
My field is bioinformatics. I’m willing to bet $500 there’s little to no valuable data being gathered at all, and quite a lot of noise, rather than anything relevant for your health. I’m sure, just like your smart watch, they can make it sound like some deep insights and health exploration, but I guarantee you it’s not.
artyom@piefed.social 3 hours ago
You’re telling me there’s zero valuable information in photos of feces? What about this?
https://img.lb.wbmdstatic.com/vim/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/article_thumbnails/BigBead/what_kind_of_poop_do_i_have_bigbead/650x1150_what_kind_of_poop_do_i_have_bigbead.jpg
kadup@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Nope. I’m saying a private company and whatever training set they have, plus a cheap RGB camera and an AI model, is not going to give you any information that you can’t derive by simply looking at the feces yourself, much like the table you just linked. Though that table itself is an oversimplification that, being unable to take other parameters into account, also contains potentially misleading conclusions.
artyom@piefed.social 2 hours ago
Yes and you don’t have to hire a plumber to fix your sink if you’re a plumber.
The point is:
1. Professional analysis
2. (more importantly) Automated logging (no pun intended), potentially for human medical review periodically, or at a later date.