And, with the latest update to Be My Eyes, faces are now described again in the AI channel, which I know is not available to everyone yet, but will be soon..
Richard, USA. “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” -- Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe My web site: <https://www.turner42.com> https://www.turner42.com From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Star Gazer Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 8:43 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Be my AI and pictures? Agree totally From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Monday, September 25, 2023 5:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: Be my AI and pictures? There is some reason to be upset. As users, we should all be able to use our best judgment about whether or not to show images of people. The developer decision to restrict the information we receive from the app seems paternalistic and condescending. From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of William James Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2023 1:41 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Be my AI and pictures? It was professional in its response. Yeah, true, I was nasty with it but it’s AI so it has no feelings. Hahaha! I’m normally a nice guy but sometimes I’m not and it shows as I age. Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> _____ From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > on behalf of CHELA Robles <cdrobles...@gmail.com <mailto:cdrobles...@gmail.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2023 7:11:10 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Be my AI and pictures? Regarding the cupcakes and you’ve been nasty with being AI. I’m wondering what its response was after your nasty response to it. W Was it be nice? Lol! Sent from my iPhone On Sep 16, 2023, at 11:29 AM, sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com <mailto:sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com> wrote: Ugg. I took a picture of granola bars and stevia. Said faces in pictures. I closed and re-opened the app and fictures worked. From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of William James Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2023 1:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Be my AI and pictures? There is apparently a Slack group for Be My AI but it is closed. I wish it was open for us to peruse and report issues. I’ll give you an example. I took a picture of a box of cupcakes. It told me there were faces and it could not tell me what it was. I wasn’t too kind in my response. I told it that this is a goddamn picture of food and to do better! Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> _____ From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > on behalf of Malcolm Parfitt <malc...@parfitt1.org.uk <mailto:malc...@parfitt1.org.uk> > Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2023 1:58:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Be my AI and pictures? Hello, There is quite a discussion about this on AppleVis. The strange thing is that last week it began to describe photos and then stopped again. Bing also will not describe photos so I think it is something to do with Open AI themselves. I hope they can resolve it is it is an outstanding service quite unlike anything we’ve ever known! Couple this with the fact that it is free it truly puts apps like SuperSense to shame! Take a look at: <https://www.applevis.com/podcasts/introducing-be-my-eyes-virtual-volunteer-demonstration-some-game-changing-real-world-use> Introducing Be My Eyes' Virtual Volunteer: A Demonstration of Some Game Changing Real-World Use Cases <https://www.applevis.com/podcasts/introducing-be-my-eyes-virtual-volunteer-demonstration-some-game-changing-real-world-use> applevis.com <https://www.applevis.com/podcasts/introducing-be-my-eyes-virtual-volunteer-demonstration-some-game-changing-real-world-use> <image001.png> Malcolm Parfitt On 16 Sep 2023, at 17:46, Richard Turner <richardr_tur...@comcast.net <mailto:richardr_tur...@comcast.net> > wrote: I took a picture of myself and it gave a basic descrription of an elderly man with a white beard and mustache, which is accurate. However, taking a picture of my wife, and she taking a picture of me, gave the blocked message, so I wrote to complain about that. Richard, USA —— "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." — John Wesley (Sent from my iPhone) On Sep 16, 2023, at 8:00 AM, CHELA Robles <cdrobles...@gmail.com <mailto:cdrobles...@gmail.com> > wrote: I’m getting the same thing and will report that to the support team. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 16, 2023, at 7:50 AM, 'Jerry Mader' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > wrote: sorry guys. I was dictating boring is supposed to be bummed lol. Let me rewrite this email address for you because it didn't show up properly the last time. Here is the email address again to write into. supp...@bemyeyes.com <mailto:supp...@bemyeyes.com> On Sep 16, 2023, at 10:47 AM, Jerry Mader <maderra...@icloud.com <mailto:maderra...@icloud.com> > wrote: I know it's kind of like taking away our site and then giving it back again and then taking it back away I don't blame you for being bummed because I think a lot of people are born. You guys should all write into support it be my eyes.com and let them know that you're angry about this but you want to think maybe they'll listen to you and fix it maybe they won't but at least you're letting them know. All reports work well. Always sending this much feedback as you can. A lot of people are angry with these people they really hurt people by doing that. Think about how I feel though. My mother just recently passed away and I can't even look at photos of what you look like now because they have removed the ability for us to see faces. This is very very sad. We should all be out raged because this is not the way that an AI should be for blind people it's very disrespectful and discriminatory. Best regards. Jerry Mader On Sep 16, 2023, at 10:42 AM, Jenifer Barr <claudas...@gmail.com <mailto:claudas...@gmail.com> > wrote: Hi everyone! I'm so bummed! Be my AI was doing so amazingly well in describing pictures... and now all of a sudden I'm getting a message saying that the picture has text that says: Be My AI: The image you provided is a placeholder image with text that reads "This image was blocked because it may contain faces or people." The text is centered and the background is light grey. This is not true. Seeing AI described the pic but not in as much detail as be my AI did. I know this is a beta but wondering why all of a sudden it started doing this? Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu> . 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