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> Their mission: to make sure the cameras capture no rude words, no insults, and no political slogans. That is a very interesting problem. Most events with hig

> Their mission: to make sure the cameras capture no rude words, no insults, and no political slogans. That is a very interesting problem. Most events with high attendance happen in controller environments. > The words “SOS réfugiés” – a call for action on the Mediterranean migrant crisis – are turned into an enigmatic 888. That is an interesting strategy. Even that I can also see it backfiring by creating "messages" that can be read by niche cultures as significant. I guess that the future of this job is to have it done digitally by deleting messages in real time thru some AI filter. That would be very practical, but it is also a scary future were changing reality becomes a commodity.

kzrdude 5y ago
Why erase everything? It sounds scary indeed, to just apply auto-censorship. I think they should show the venue as it is.
- meepmorp 5y ago
  > I think they should show the venue as it is. Can they, though? People deliberately paint stuff on the course of the tour de france because they want the publicity. The venue isn't the way the venue would be anyway, people are already altering it for their propaganda purposes.
BeniBoy 5y ago
It's a demanding (through somehow rewarding I guess) job, but I like the fact that this is done by those guys and not a faceless algorithm. You can at least talk to them while they "rectify" your drawings. And an AI would not have the same artistic merit :) !
paganel 5y ago
> niche cultures as significant. Partially related and about the 888 thing, former Sevilla footballer Frédéric Kanouté [1] told the club's manager that he would refuse to play for the club anymore as long as the "888" logo was still on the team's shirts as a sponsor. Kanouté happens to be a Muslim and 888 is a betting company. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Kanout%C3%A9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Kanout%C3%A...

kzrdude 5y ago

Why erase everything? It sounds scary indeed, to just apply auto-censorship. I think they should show the venue as it is.

meepmorp 5y ago
> I think they should show the venue as it is. Can they, though? People deliberately paint stuff on the course of the tour de france because they want the publicity. The venue isn't the way the venue would be anyway, people are already altering it for their propaganda purposes.

BeniBoy 5y ago

It's a demanding (through somehow rewarding I guess) job, but I like the fact that this is done by those guys and not a faceless algorithm. You can at least talk to them while they "rectify" your drawings. And an AI would not have the same artistic merit :) !

paganel 5y ago

> niche cultures as significant. Partially related and about the 888 thing, former Sevilla footballer Frédéric Kanouté [1] told the club's manager that he would refuse to play for the club anymore as long as the "888" logo was still on the team's shirts as a sponsor. Kanouté happens to be a Muslim and 888 is a betting company. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Kanout%C3%A9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Kanout%C3%A...