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Originally Posted by epatmythes
Computerized Grading... never gonna happen!
Computer-Assisted Grading... within 3 years!
You can measure size, you can score centering (on cards with borders), you can probably even score corner sharpness. A computer could assist with that kind of stuff... and, yeah, probably should!
But eye appeal, marks & stains... authenticity of card stock, authenticity of just the card in general. Gloss. Surface, which can be so subjective to the printing & manufacturing process. Edges, also very subjective to the manufacturing process, stock used, various cutting methods over 100+ years. You're just never gonna get that kind of stuff to the point of being able to effectively & consistently scored with technology.
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i agree those would be the biggest challenges. but if modern visualization systems can detect cancer below the surface of the skin, and the quality and strength of complex welds, i think this could be graded with enough sample size. you may need humans to "train" the system on what is good versus what is bad, but machines can learn quickly. you could limit your services to certain (or only modern) products, maybe only base cards for instance.
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Originally Posted by futurehof
great insight, but you are losing out on over 100K+ job if you or another person/company has not approached one of these services to do this. Just let me know if you need the right contacts. It is not as simple as you say, also not trying to argue but I have extensive knowledge of this effort.
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I'm not claiming to be an expert - I am a mediocre software developer at a big company, and they encourage us to spend a % of time working on projects outside out day to day. i've taken part in visualization, AI, ML, and general robotics projects of various success. the successful ones go through a workflow to determine if they can provide business value at scale, and if they decide it may, then it's usually passed of to experts. i can only say that these types of things are happening, some at scale, some in a lab. if the TPGs (or anyone else) really wanted to do this, they could put out a proof of concept without much risk.