TL;DR MIT researchers have developed an antitampering ID tag that is tiny, cheap, and secure. It is several times smaller and significantly cheaper than the traditional radio frequency tags that are used to verify product authenticity. The tags use glue containing microscopic metal particles. This glue forms unique patterns that can be detected using terahertz waves. The system uses AI to compare glue patterns and calculate their similarity. The tags could be used to authenticate items too small for traditional RFIDs.

  • @Lmaydev
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    34 months ago

    Then you’re in for a bad time. It’s a game changer, even if over-hyped.

    • @[email protected]
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      264 months ago

      My problem is that “AI” is an overly broad term that leads people to conflate very different technologies. I just want people to use more specific language.

      • @[email protected]
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        104 months ago

        There’s a corporate initiative where I work that we’re going to offer AI in 2024. When I politely asked to expound on that, I was met with blank stares.

        Like motherfucker do you realize even MS Teams uses AI for meeting transcription

      • @Lmaydev
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        64 months ago

        I mean they could call it machine learning instead but that is just a type of AI.

        • @[email protected]
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          34 months ago

          Machine learning: we don’t know how it works AI: we don’t want you to know how it works