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s/can be inaccurate/are a complete fabrication I think that puppeteering the dead is actually quite a disturbing thing to do in general, and find endeavors suc
by dTal 6y ago
s/can be inaccurate/are a complete fabrication
I think that puppeteering the dead is actually quite a disturbing thing to do in general, and find endeavors such as the "resurrection" of Tupac to be in very poor taste.
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- losvedir 6y agoIt can be both a fabrication and accurate, though. That's what people are so impressed by here.
- pretendscholar 6y agoAccurate to what? How some other person moves? Its like wearing someone else's skin Ed Gein style. Maybe if they were modeling it based on other photography.
- dTal 6y agoBut it can't be accurate. Actors know that even micromovements tell a story and convey emotion. The computer cannot possibly infer enough about the person from a single photo to reconstruct that story. Were they a fidgety person? Were they tired that day? Bored? Impatient because they need to get the store before it closes and the photoshoot is taking a long time? Imagine running this software on a photo of your parents. Do you think you would be impressed by the accuracy?
- vwcx 6y agoCould not agree more. I also maintain the unpopular opinion that speculatory colorization of black and white historical imagery is also doing damage to the accuracy of the general historical canon.
- mrzimmerman 6y agoIt’s a fair point but I think there’s a difference between some music group that owns the rights to Tupac’s likeness creating an image of him to sell more things and a family member wanting to see an deceased relative in motion. But I take your point that it could be used in distasteful ways, much like how Tupac was used (IMO).