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There are lots of issues I have with them in terms of privacy, but I'm going to be very specific in asking about a certain situation and would prefer to stay on that topic if possible.

I have seen someone showing AI glasses which allow the wearer to cheat at chess. The glasses provide the wearer with computer engine moves, essentially making them unbeatable against even the strongest grand masters.

How can someone prevent this from happening, for example in a tournament match?

I don't consider this as being an issue at the highest level of professional play, but for club and casual players they might not have the resources to deal with this.

Currently the camera and/or screen information might be fairly obvious just by looking, but assuming technology improves this could become harder to detect.

Retrospectively, it would be easy to spot a cheater and correct results, however this still spoils things by having the cheating in the first place.

It isn't realistic to ask people to play without glasses, and I'm not aware of any way to stop cameras or ai from functioning.

So what can be done, if anything?

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[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They should use a Faraday cage. It doubles as a WWE steel cage if one is caught cheating.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Joking aside, chess engines can run on very little hardware. It's not out of the question that something like this might be entirely embedded soon enough.

The hardest part might be interpreting the board state.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

The hard part might be communication. It’s easy to consider a device that can play chess as getting smaller and easier to hide, even a camera getting too small to notice.

But how does the device tell you what to do. The heads-up display is obvious but you can probably take action against that. Or maybe a voice but EarPods are noticeable if you’re looking for them, and maybe hearing aids not allowed. But what’s even less conspicuous? This thread has people joking about vibrating anal plugs but you can imagine lots of possibilities for extremely discrete devices if you can figure out a way to communicate sufficiently. My example was going to be a ring

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You could offload that to a phone, though.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

AFAIK you are not allowed any kind of mobile devices during chess games.

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bluetooth has a pretty good range and low power consumption.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok but we were talking about a faraday cage scensrio.

[–] shadow_wanker@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

A phone up you ass, then you're good to go regardless of any cage.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 22 hours ago

I've been seeing this suggestion in various replies and it's got me thinking people are just seeking an excuse at this point. 😂

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Is WWE not wrestling? Not sure how barely-disguised gay porn is going to solve this

[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

barely-disguised gay porn

You're writing this as if it were a bad thing.

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

Considerable application of the choking aspect

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

It's soap operas for men.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 day ago

It's pretty obvious isn't it? 😁