There was a very cool project recently using StableDiffusion to compress images better than JPEG. Also, there's some interesting work with ML taking diffused l

There was a very cool project recently using StableDiffusion to compress images better than JPEG. Also, there's some interesting work with ML taking diffused light from around a corner and recovering the original pre-diffused silhouette. In many ways, this is how we've learned the visual cortex is working. The amount of actual neutral data you are seeing is way less than you'd think given your perceived visual fidelity. The only practical issue is that distribution of AI hardware in consumer devices is going to noticeably lag behind POC on compounding cutting edge hardware in research environments, and no one wants to invest into obsolescence. Maybe it will happen in the cellphone market though given the hardware refresh rates from carrier subsidies.