to process potentially sensitive data. The term simply means that for any data that’s collected, machine intelligence is being applied on the hardware itself instead of on some distant cloud server. In Peloton’s case, this data includes the literal movements of your body. So during my demo of the Guide, Schultz and other executives stressed privacy.
A spokeswoman for Peloton, Amelise Lane, said the company isn’t collecting this category of data when the Guide launches, but that it “may help us with future features. If any facial recognition is planned, we will offer explicit opt-in options for members to provide their data.” Lane also said that, for now, Peloton does not store or transmit video or audio recordings from Guide workouts.Peloton’s pitch for a product like Guide centers more on software than on hardware.
All of this required a new approach to Peloton programming. Peloton has offered digital strength-training classes since the earliest days of its bikes, in the form of arm intervals while people aretheir bikes. But Jennifer Cotter, a former Home Shopping Network exec who joined Peloton as its head of content in 2019, had plans for revitalizing the company’s strength-training classes. “We wanted to remind people that [strength training] was there and it was additive.
I’d hope Wired of any publication could actually use this Peleton device and actually enjoy using it without cynical dystopian doom scrolling on it.
Well, we've ordered one so we will see what it's like in several weeks.
Interesting, I was thinking of doing the same thing open-source using POSENet and any cheap IP camera or even your smartphone camera. Anybody want to collaborate ?
Right now the only big thing heading towards peloton is bankruptcy
Meanwhile, 3 years after Prudential bought AssuranceIQ 2,000 Insurance Guides given a 30 day notice to work for 3rd party allready hired to replace us for 2/3 paycut or be out of a job. American workers treated like trash by BusinessInsider business
Fuck Peloton