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How in the world did a judge actually allow this argument to go forward? This is malpractice.

guhidalg 5y ago
Maybe he remembered hearing the word logarithms from high school math and thought “oh yes this fellow knows what he’s talking about, that’s an 11th grade word, I remember that from the Reagan years”
- nameless912 5y ago
  I just keep thinking about "The FizzBuzz from Outer Space"[1] and I guess the guy became a lawyer after failing the interview?? [1]: https://thedailywtf.com/articles/the-fizz-buzz-from-outer-space https://thedailywtf.com/articles/the-fizz-buzz-from-outer-sp...
freejazz 5y ago
Judges can't commit malpractice, they do not represent anyone.
- nameless912 5y ago
  I meant on the lawyer's part for making the argument in the first place. The judge is clearly not doing a good job here either though.
  - nradov 5y ago
    How is the judge clearly not doing a job? Instead of vague insinuations please provide a specific citation on how the judge has violated the rules of evidence for this exhibit.
    - freejazz 5y ago
      It'd be admissible because it impeaches Rittenhouse's testimony from that day. Also, hard to see how you could watch the video of the judge and think he's being reasonable.
Rebelgecko 5y ago
Perhaps the judge had read articles in the past about upsampling gone wrong (here's one that's also from the verge- https://www.theverge.com/21298762/face-depixelizer-ai-machine-learning-tool-pulse-stylegan-obama-bias https://www.theverge.com/21298762/face-depixelizer-ai-machin...). If the prosecution wanted to zoom in to show something that wasn't visible on the big TV, I think it's reasonable to be worried that whatever they want to show would be thrown off by sharpening algorithms or the rounding that happens when you blow up 97 pixels of video onto a 1920px screen
- nameless912 5y ago
  Sure, but the lawyer confused algorithm for logarithm. Apparently (eyeroll) an expert needs to be brought in to explain to them that normal video zooming isn't going to cause AI-enabled upsampling.
  - Rebelgecko 5y ago
    Do you know what algorithm they use? Even non-ai algos like nearest neighbor vs bicubic can have drastically different outputs

Maybe he remembered hearing the word logarithms from high school math and thought “oh yes this fellow knows what he’s talking about, that’s an 11th grade word, I remember that from the Reagan years”

nameless912 5y ago
I just keep thinking about "The FizzBuzz from Outer Space"[1] and I guess the guy became a lawyer after failing the interview?? [1]: https://thedailywtf.com/articles/the-fizz-buzz-from-outer-space https://thedailywtf.com/articles/the-fizz-buzz-from-outer-sp...

freejazz 5y ago

Judges can't commit malpractice, they do not represent anyone.

nameless912 5y ago
I meant on the lawyer's part for making the argument in the first place. The judge is clearly not doing a good job here either though.
- nradov 5y ago
  How is the judge clearly not doing a job? Instead of vague insinuations please provide a specific citation on how the judge has violated the rules of evidence for this exhibit.
  - freejazz 5y ago
    It'd be admissible because it impeaches Rittenhouse's testimony from that day. Also, hard to see how you could watch the video of the judge and think he's being reasonable.

Rebelgecko 5y ago

Perhaps the judge had read articles in the past about upsampling gone wrong (here's one that's also from the verge- https://www.theverge.com/21298762/face-depixelizer-ai-machine-learning-tool-pulse-stylegan-obama-bias https://www.theverge.com/21298762/face-depixelizer-ai-machin...). If the prosecution wanted to zoom in to show something that wasn't visible on the big TV, I think it's reasonable to be worried that whatever they want to show would be thrown off by sharpening algorithms or the rounding that happens when you blow up 97 pixels of video onto a 1920px screen

nameless912 5y ago
Sure, but the lawyer confused algorithm for logarithm. Apparently (eyeroll) an expert needs to be brought in to explain to them that normal video zooming isn't going to cause AI-enabled upsampling.
- Rebelgecko 5y ago
  Do you know what algorithm they use? Even non-ai algos like nearest neighbor vs bicubic can have drastically different outputs