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1:04 · 516K views · May 15, 2017
An HBO clip from Silicon Valley season 4 in which the 'Not Hotdog' app is demoed. The app classifies food photos as hot dog or not hot dog.
Mostly a running joke or reference for image-classification projects and AI app demos.
4 comments from Hacker News
Just wanted to say thanks for the warm welcome from HN when the app was released last month — I hope this blogpost answers the questions that were raised back then. I’d be happy to answer anything else you’d like to know! Original thread: [LINK] Demo of the app (in the show): this video App for iOS: [LINK] App for Android (just released yesterday): [LINK]
> A new feature, Sensitive Content Warning, helps adult users avoid seeing unwanted nude images and videos. It looks like there's now a feature you can enable that uses a classifier (I'm guessing?) to identify dick pics, and let you choose whether you want to see it or not. The last slide[0] in the last carousel on the linked page has an image of the dialog. I bet that was an interesting team to work on. edit: Obligatory Silicon Valley ref: pt1: this video pt2: [LINK] [0] [LINK]
> 1. Analyze calories/macronutrients from a text description or photo Step 1: Is it a hot dog or not hot dog? this video I'm glad someone is keeping the dream alive!
My hot dog with a smiley face got a 64%, I'm sorry. Semi relevant Silicon Valley clip (maybe nsfw, language) this video