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.

  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    No computer algorithm can accurately reconstruct data that was never there in the first place.

    Ever.

    This is an ironclad law, just like the speed of light and the acceleration of gravity. No new technology, no clever tricks, no buzzwords, no software will ever be able to do this.

    Ever.

    If the data was not there, anything created to fill it in is by its very nature not actually reality. This includes digital zoom, pixel interpolation, movement interpolation, and AI upscaling. It preemptively also includes any other future technology that aims to try the same thing, regardless of what it’s called.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      No computer algorithm can accurately reconstruct data that was never there in the first place.

      Okay, but what if we’ve got a computer program that can just kinda insert red eyes, joints, and plums of chum smoke on all our suspects?