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In order for visually-guided organisms to operate within an environment, such as humans, we need to have some level of trust in visual representations of actual
by adamredwoods 3y ago
In order for visually-guided organisms to operate within an environment, such as humans, we need to have some level of trust in visual representations of actual things that happened. While others point out that our mind recalls are not true representations, nonetheless, they are a construct that we need to put some level of trust in. Learned information from the world around us can also help in establishing a level of trust.
AI on the other hand is putting more distrust towards online and computer behavior. Online has always had a level of distrust, it's only getting worse.
When people show me their photos taken with their smartphone cameras, I like to tell them that it is probably not what they really saw, as the colors are usually tweaked before saved to computer memory. But it's close enough. This is why I enjoy film cameras, it's an attempt to get as close to the real (visual) moment in time as possible.
- Euphorbium 3y agoFilm photography is not real either. Different films and different development processes will produce different results, analogous to tweaking colors in lightroom.
- adamredwoods 3y agoIt's not about what is real or not, that's binary. I'm talking about a spectrum. It's about how close we can get to the real thing with minimal processing in the capture. It will always be a representation. Besides, digital copies are even further removed. We don't see 1's and 0's. A computer has to process the display to us. On the other hand, we can see light reflecting off chemical structures. One less device in the process.
- Wolfbeta 3y ago>When people show me their photos taken with their smartphone cameras, I like to tell them that it is probably not what they really saw Don't be that guy.