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Before we criticize, before jumping to conclusions -- I just want to point out, it is a great leaf. Are we certain that the camera's decision was wrong? I mean

Before we criticize, before jumping to conclusions -- I just want to point out, it is a great leaf. Are we certain that the camera's decision was wrong? I mean, maybe we should consider the camera's judgement about what the best picture is. I'm not a photographer, if my camera tells me that my friend's head is best represented as a combination of sticks, leaves, and other natural objects, who am I to argue with that? I haven't been to photography college. This is a darn good picture of a leaf person.

lkois 5y ago
I also don't quite understand the leap to controversy, which seems to rest on the assumption that this person does not have a pile of leaves for a head.
- kingcharles 5y ago
  Right. To me the photo was set up for the retweets and likes. They got their leaf-headed friend to stand in front of some leaves and took a photo. Probably didn't even use an iPhone. This might have been some Samsung psy-op to discredit the iPhone neural processor.
  - yoav 5y ago
    I think it’s absurd to assume this guy has friends or that there are people with leaves for heads. These are clearly a couple of jackets stuffed with leaves. You don’t see the hands or the other friend except a sleeve. This is the same ploy I did many years ago trying to convince the internet I had friends.
Centmo 5y ago
Clearly, the ML algorithm had been given the goal of optimizing the happiness of the user. It had ascertained that the user was quite active on social media and had tied a significant amount of their self-worth to the number of likes received from posts and photos. It had correctly calculated that the user would extract more enjoyment from the photo by way of likes if their friend's face were replaced with an arrangement of foliage. The user clearly did not like that friend very much anyway due to the lack of engagement with their posts. Truly impressive technology.
danShumway 5y ago
Given the followup thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29750660 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29750660), this may have accidentally turned out to be one of the better takes I've ever had on this site.

lkois 5y ago

I also don't quite understand the leap to controversy, which seems to rest on the assumption that this person does not have a pile of leaves for a head.

kingcharles 5y ago
Right. To me the photo was set up for the retweets and likes. They got their leaf-headed friend to stand in front of some leaves and took a photo. Probably didn't even use an iPhone. This might have been some Samsung psy-op to discredit the iPhone neural processor.
- yoav 5y ago
  I think it’s absurd to assume this guy has friends or that there are people with leaves for heads. These are clearly a couple of jackets stuffed with leaves. You don’t see the hands or the other friend except a sleeve. This is the same ploy I did many years ago trying to convince the internet I had friends.

Centmo 5y ago

Clearly, the ML algorithm had been given the goal of optimizing the happiness of the user. It had ascertained that the user was quite active on social media and had tied a significant amount of their self-worth to the number of likes received from posts and photos. It had correctly calculated that the user would extract more enjoyment from the photo by way of likes if their friend's face were replaced with an arrangement of foliage. The user clearly did not like that friend very much anyway due to the lack of engagement with their posts. Truly impressive technology.

danShumway 5y ago

Given the followup thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29750660 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29750660), this may have accidentally turned out to be one of the better takes I've ever had on this site.