Bytes are all you need: Transformers operating directly on file bytes
Fascinating philosophical question: if an AI observes a stream of bytes but doesn't decode a camera's output into an image -- and yet can raise an alarm if the camera is aimed at a certain class of subject -- does the AI "see" the camera image?<p>They should have named the system "Blindsight"[1].<p>Apple has a serious corporate concern about proposed legal requirements to detect and report child porno[2], while other legal requirements try to protect user privacy. This appears to be an attempt to say, "We can detect your CP image storage without ever actually looking at your stored images."<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindsight" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindsight</a><p>[2] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_to_Prevent_and_Combat_Child_Sexual_Abuse" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_to_Prevent_and_Comb...</a>