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Very true. And not just the photography, all of the people who produce the tools. Like even film chemistry: https://www.vox.com/2015/9/18/9348821/photography-ra
by brookst 2y ago
Very true. And not just the photography, all of the people who produce the tools. Like even film chemistry: https://www.vox.com/2015/9/18/9348821/photography-race-bias https://www.vox.com/2015/9/18/9348821/photography-race-bias
Everything we interact with is the product of generations of people, shaped by artistic choice, and filtered by distribution and our own perception and cognitive biases.
Which sounds like I’m complaining but really I’m not… I think it’s inspiring and empowering to see the whole stack, imperfect as it is.
So yeah, conversations about computational photography that veer into “but it it doesn’t capture reality” betray an oversimplified view of how all this works.
- nine_k 2y agoThe next logical step is to notice that the eye also processes the optical signal heavily, and the visual cortex,... etc. Any kind of perception, of making sense is a transformation. To perceive something "truthfully" is just to be aware of the kind of processing involved, and the kind of information altered or lost in the process.
- brookst 2y agoExactly. Most of what we perceive is fabricated in our heads anyway. Brains are amazing and positively not designed for 100% pure reality perception.
- weard_beard 2y agoKeep going. https://tpp2014.com/catherine-malabou-concept-plasticity/ https://tpp2014.com/catherine-malabou-concept-plasticity/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262720212/the-embodied-mind/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262720212/the-embodied-mind/ The camera is our nervous system and chemical transports. Whenever a friend tells me about the latest AI experiment resulting in AGI my stock response is, "Have they put it in a rat suit yet?"