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.

  • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    computers aren’t taking drugs and randomly pooping out images

    Sure, no drugs involved, but they are running a statistically proven random number generator and using that (along with non-random data) to generate the image.

    The result is this - ask for the same image, get two different images — similar, but clearly not the same person - sisters or cousins perhaps… but nowhere near usable as evidence in court: