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This is a harbinger of dramatic change. Scan your whole video and photo library for people, pets, and things, and environments. Construct new scenes anytime an

This is a harbinger of dramatic change. Scan your whole video and photo library for people, pets, and things, and environments. Construct new scenes anytime and algorithmically. "Generate pictures of me with each of my friends, making crazy faces, while drinking mai tai's at my favorite tropical resort bar."

jncfhnb 3y ago
But why
- Nevermark 3y ago
  I can't actually think of serious reason, but I can think of infinite non-serious uses. Make real life, "I am so rich and happy with my material wealth and vast travel budget" influencers redundant. However, I am not looking forward to Facebook spamming friends with ads posing as personal recommendations, showing me at my house happily using sketchy products or butt bleacher. They will be sneaky: Show me, but with my face obscured in some way. But recognizable. But deniable. But recognizable.
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- gumby 3y ago
  The use case for me is: "take these five pictures and give me one where everybody is smiling and has their eyes open."
  - jncfhnb 3y ago
    Same tech, different concept though.
  - Nevermark 3y ago
    And put all the shorter people in front!
    - gumby 3y ago
      Edit it again but this time get rid of my ex son in law. Actually, if the software is really smart (and maybe supplied by Google) you could ask "remove all of my kids' spouses that will be divorced at some point in the future"
surfingdino 3y ago
And pay for storage of those scans, generated images, and for the creation of those images forever() or until the VC money dries out and when it does you will have two weeks to download it all.
lwhi 3y ago
My takeaway from this type of tech is that it stands change human culture drastically. We won't be able to value photography in the same way, so the place photography has in society will naturally change as a result. If all photography because meaning-neutral, does that mean we'll value the medium in the same way we value stock photography?
- Nevermark 3y ago
  Wow, you are right. Time to collect ideas for that avant-garde fine art photoshoot I can now do without a camera, props, site searches, or expensive supermodels. I have also been collecting and developing story ideas. We are not that far away from one person being able to create an entire movie or TV series. This may lead to some really great movies. Having every detail coming from and integrated in one mind, with one vision, iterating without friction, will be unprecedented. No need for actors and their schedules, retakes, wardrobe, sets, caterers or VIP RV's. Or if models have long term memory at that stage, two "minds"! Obviously, video is going to take more processing power. But it is inevitable. Two components I need: (1) scenes that stay consistent, and true to natural lighting and physics, and (2) the ability to create characters whose proportions, look, facial expressions, voice and style of movement are consistent by default, but easily adjusted. We are entering the singularity. This isn't stopping.
  - lwhi 3y ago
    I'm not sure .. I think multiple people on a project can be a really good thing. Will definitely be interesting to see if new art forms develop off the back of this though.
  - thfuran 3y ago
    >Having every detail coming from and integrated in one mind, with one vision, iterating without friction, will be unprecedented. No need for actors Actors don't just mindlessly repeat the lines some singular genius wrote. A lot of famous movie lines/scenes were improvised by the actors.
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jncfhnb 3y ago

But why

Nevermark 3y ago
I can't actually think of serious reason, but I can think of infinite non-serious uses. Make real life, "I am so rich and happy with my material wealth and vast travel budget" influencers redundant. However, I am not looking forward to Facebook spamming friends with ads posing as personal recommendations, showing me at my house happily using sketchy products or butt bleacher. They will be sneaky: Show me, but with my face obscured in some way. But recognizable. But deniable. But recognizable.
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gumby 3y ago
The use case for me is: "take these five pictures and give me one where everybody is smiling and has their eyes open."
- jncfhnb 3y ago
  Same tech, different concept though.
- Nevermark 3y ago
  And put all the shorter people in front!
  - gumby 3y ago
    Edit it again but this time get rid of my ex son in law. Actually, if the software is really smart (and maybe supplied by Google) you could ask "remove all of my kids' spouses that will be divorced at some point in the future"

surfingdino 3y ago

And pay for storage of those scans, generated images, and for the creation of those images forever() or until the VC money dries out and when it does you will have two weeks to download it all.

lwhi 3y ago

My takeaway from this type of tech is that it stands change human culture drastically. We won't be able to value photography in the same way, so the place photography has in society will naturally change as a result. If all photography because meaning-neutral, does that mean we'll value the medium in the same way we value stock photography?

Nevermark 3y ago
Wow, you are right. Time to collect ideas for that avant-garde fine art photoshoot I can now do without a camera, props, site searches, or expensive supermodels. I have also been collecting and developing story ideas. We are not that far away from one person being able to create an entire movie or TV series. This may lead to some really great movies. Having every detail coming from and integrated in one mind, with one vision, iterating without friction, will be unprecedented. No need for actors and their schedules, retakes, wardrobe, sets, caterers or VIP RV's. Or if models have long term memory at that stage, two "minds"! Obviously, video is going to take more processing power. But it is inevitable. Two components I need: (1) scenes that stay consistent, and true to natural lighting and physics, and (2) the ability to create characters whose proportions, look, facial expressions, voice and style of movement are consistent by default, but easily adjusted. We are entering the singularity. This isn't stopping.
- lwhi 3y ago
  I'm not sure .. I think multiple people on a project can be a really good thing. Will definitely be interesting to see if new art forms develop off the back of this though.
- thfuran 3y ago
  >Having every detail coming from and integrated in one mind, with one vision, iterating without friction, will be unprecedented. No need for actors Actors don't just mindlessly repeat the lines some singular genius wrote. A lot of famous movie lines/scenes were improvised by the actors.
  - 3y ago