Facebook’s parent company Meta claims they want to map the world using artificial intelligence Meta’s AI can predict road networks with surprising accuracy. Is this the future of mapping and is it a good idea to leave it in the hands of Mark Zuckerberg?

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Sources 🔗
Meta AI | Mapping roads through deep learning and weakly supervised training - https://bit.ly/3SDaswr

Silicon Angle | Facebook acquires crowdsourced street-level imagery startup Mapillary - https://bit.ly/3CyAb3q

Statista | Number of monthly active Facebook users worldwide as of 2nd quarter 2022 - https://bit.ly/3rvfgYN

The Guardian | Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach - https://bit.ly/3RBtFNJ

Reader's Digest | 11 Places on Earth That Still Are Unmapped - https://bit.ly/3SY6BKn

National Ocean Service | How much of the ocean have we explored? - https://bit.ly/3Cwd5KP

Big Think | More than half the world is still unmapped, but not for long - https://bit.ly/3UZFbW5

Seabed2030 - https://bit.ly/3M5MUhi

Seeker | How Close Are We to Completely Mapping the Ocean - https://bit.ly/3gS1woZ

Statista | Leading mapping apps in the United States in 2021, by downloads - https://bit.ly/3C6XYGy

Google Blog | A look back at 15 years of mapping the world - https://bit.ly/3STSplq

History of Information | Origins of Google Earth - https://bit.ly/3yisVGC

Live Science | How Does Google Earth Work? - https://bit.ly/3C8RPJY

Mashable | Google Earth now covers more than 98% of the world's real estate - https://bit.ly/3M5Urg0

Travel China Guide | North Korea Railway Lines - https://bit.ly/3SDPa1T

Mapa Metro | Pyongyang Metro Map - https://bit.ly/3CvAJau

Map with AI - https://bit.ly/3Eg6w0r

Open Street Map - https://bit.ly/3fIkluq

BBC | Facebook uses AI to map Thailand's roads - https://bbc.in/3yfNUtq

Tech at Meta | How AI-powered maps help improve vaccination campaigns and rural electrification - https://bit.ly/3TeTEMr

Meta | BlenderBot 3: An AI Chatbot That Improves Through Conversation - https://bit.ly/3e47qm7

Mashable | It took just one weekend for Meta's new AI Chatbot to become racist - https://bit.ly/3fJI4tU

NBC | Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show - https://nbcnews.to/3fMKk3y

The Verge | Meta sued for violating patient privacy with data tracking tool - https://bit.ly/3fF2ggG

CNET | Google sued by multiple states over how it handles your location data - https://cnet.co/3fIqYwJ

State of Indiana v Google LLC - https://bit.ly/3e4ZBMO

State of Texas v Google LLC - https://bit.ly/3CAkGID

State of Washington v Google LLC - https://bit.ly/3Ca2hRt

District of Columbia v Google LLC - https://bit.ly/3SW11YL

Investopedia - How Facebook (Meta), Twitter, Social Media Make Money From You - https://bit.ly/3CAlayr


Timothy Chan | SPECTACULAR MALAWI DRONE FOOTAGE IN 2 MINUTES - https://bit.ly/3Dlil3n

CNBC | Some Facebook users are receiving $397 checks over data privacy violations - https://cnb.cx/3fMKN5O

Space | NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission will carry 2 water-seeking cubesats - https://bit.ly/3V3QWL7

Unearth | History of Maps | From Ancient Maps to GIS - https://bit.ly/3SVvh5X

Time Stamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Why people don't like Facebook.
1:15 - Why are Facebook interested in mapping?
1:48 - More than half the world is still upmapped (but not for long).
2:30 - I can't function without Google Maps.
3:53 - Blank spots on digital maps.
4:41 - Filling in the blank spots with AI.
5:58 - Facebook's case study: Mapping Malawi with AI.
6:21 - Do you trust Meta & Google? Data Privacy Issues.
7:50 - The real reason Mark Zuckerberg wants to map the world.
8:33 - Is Artificial Intelligence the future of mapping?

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