Comment by bsanr2
5 years ago
>lets me search my library using text search for anything
This is untrue, and actually one of the reasons I hope a strong competitor to Google Photos comes along soon. The search function is, for whatever reason, heavily censored and perhaps even biased in some circumstances. Worse, it is completely useless. For example, the query "fat" returns nothing, despite the fact that my gallery is filled with drawing reference photos that includes plus-sized people. "Black people" returns photos of non-black people, and (infamously, and perhaps for related reasons re: the shortcomings of Google's image recognition and tagging algorithm) "gorilla" returns 0 results. "Red shirt" returns an image of a blue decorative screen; "comic" returns anime and webpage screenshots; "woman" returns multiple photos consisting entirely of groups of men.
The situation is dire.
Think of it from Google's POV. Imagine if the tabloids found out about a situation of someone searching for 'fat' in the search bar and then it coming back with pictures of themselves or their friends - that could cause some serious controversy.
Well, this gets to the heart of one of the issues with the current approach to AI. Statistical consensus doesn't always align with a user's personal view or desires. I don't know how you solve the problem; my issue is that Google doesn't seem to know, either, but they insist that they do.