No one’s ready for this
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The photograph is now meaningless as evidence. We are not prepared.

Really good article I read today. I was already impressed by the first hype of image generators but since haven’t informed myself much. They got really good lately apparently. I can’t decide if I am concerned or impressed. Do you think this would actually be used for something other than memes and misinformation? I thought I might share it and hear your opinions.

  • Rikudou_SageEnglish
    19•4 months ago

    I can see a few useful use-cases, mainly deleting unwanted stuff / people from a photo.

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      7•4 months ago

      That’s a very good point! I never thought about the power of removing things. Would be nice to see it save photos that are out of focus, in a bad perspective or with a finger over half of the selfie.

      • femtechEnglish
        4•4 months ago

        I like using the magic eraser for photos of my daughter and being able to remove other kids and send it to the rest of the family or frame it.

    • @[email protected]English
      3•4 months ago

      This feature already exists, it’s called Magic Eraser and it’s on most Pixel phones. I feel this is something different and needs to be considered differently.

      • Rikudou_SageEnglish
        1•4 months ago

        Yeah, it can do other stuff, I was simply stating a use-case I consider valid. Doesn’t matter that others have come up with the feature before. This is presumably better at detecting the object and removing / replacing it.