This AI hype cycle has dramatically distorted society's views of what's possible with image upscalers.

A judge in Washington state has blocked video evidence that’s been “AI-enhanced” from being submitted in a triple murder trial. And that’s a good thing, given the fact that too many people seem to think applying an AI filter can give them access to secret visual data.

  • @[email protected]English
    7•3 months ago

    Aren’t we already in a kind of dark age?

    A bit over 150 years ago, slavery was legal (and commonplace) in the United States.

    Sure, lots of shitty stuff in the world today… but you don’t have to go far back to a time when a sherif with zero evidence relying on unverified accusations and heresy would’ve put up a “wanted dead or alive” poster with a drawing of the guy’s face created by an artist who had never even laid eyes on the alleged murderer.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•3 months ago

      Well, the dark ages came after the late antiquity where slavery was normal. And it took a few centuries for slavery to die out in European societies, though serfdom remained which wasn’t too different. And then serfdom in England formally existed even in XIXth century. I’m not talking about Russia, of course, where it played the same role as slavery in the US south.

      EDIT: What I meant - this is more about knowledge and civilization, not good and bad. Also 150 years is too much, but compared to 25 years ago - I think things are worse in many regards.