Post ATVh9CG29vkdItXKz2 by adrianhon@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #ATVh96h6qLqO389sLw by adrianhon@mastodon.social
       2023-03-11T11:32:55Z
       
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       Interesting thread concluding that Samsung is using an AI model to replace users’ blurry, super-zoomed photos of the Moon with slightly higher res textures.How did they discover this? 1. They downloaded a high res image of the Moon2. Downscaled it to a blurry 170x170px image on their computer monitor3. Took a photo of it on the Samsung with the room lights out…and they got a magically higher-res Moon! Clever.https://reddit.com/r/Android/comments/11nzrb0/samsung_space_zoom_moon_shots_are_fake_and_here/
       
 (DIR) Post #ATVh98pgtPtegKBl0S by adrianhon@mastodon.social
       2023-03-11T13:14:05Z
       
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       AI image enhancement and upscaling isn’t new or exclusive to Samsung, of course. Take a blurry image of some grass and an algorithm can fill in the gaps based on what it thinks “grass” looks like. People usually don’t notice or care; with the Moon it’s weird (and weirdly effective) because it looks the same for everyone, and everyone knows what it looks like.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATVh9AceEseUES6MxE by adrianhon@mastodon.social
       2023-03-11T13:15:32Z
       
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       Is it bad? I’d need to think more about it! Smartphone photography is already incredibly processed, lightyears from film photography of old. People should probably be more aware that the image their phone shows them is increasingly distant from “reality” – though most of the time, people don’t want reality!
       
 (DIR) Post #ATVh9CG29vkdItXKz2 by adrianhon@mastodon.social
       2023-03-11T14:24:16Z
       
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       I was trying to think of a good sci-fi short story idea around this. Turns out I already wrote it in my book, A New History of the Future in 100 Objects, three years ago! I've just put it on my blog for free.https://mssv.net/2023/03/11/enhance/
       
 (DIR) Post #ATXI7D4E4LwAhItCPw by _@xoxo.zone
       2023-03-11T13:30:02Z
       
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       @adrianhon A “camera” app that doesn’t use your camera, it just creates an image based on your location, time & angle analyzing every online geolocated photo. I bet it could do well at oft-traveled landmarks.