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.

  • douglasg14b@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Of course, not everyone is technology literate enough to understand how it works.

    That should be the default assumption, that something should be explained so that others understand it and can make better, informed, decisions. .

    • ItsMeSpez@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      It’s not only that everyone isn’t technologically literate enough to understand the limits of this technology - the AI companies are actively over-inflating their capabilities in order to attract investors. When the most accessible information about the topic is designed to get non-technically proficient investors on board with your company, of course the general public is going to get an overblown idea of what the technology can do.