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A counterpoint: photography enabled integrity and authenticity of images, which fueled journalistic credibility, in general becoming one part in fostering a hig
by lblume 1y ago
A counterpoint: photography enabled integrity and authenticity of images, which fueled journalistic credibility, in general becoming one part in fostering a high-trust society. AI image generation leads to these advances being slowly eradicated as generated images increasingly cannot be differentiated from unfabricated evidence. In this light, photography was socially progressive, while AI generation of photorealistic images could be seen as regressive.
- MattJ100 1y ago> photography enabled integrity and authenticity of images, which fueled journalistic credibility Countercounterpoint: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairies
- nextaccountic 1y agoAlso https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Yezhov#/media/File:Nikolai_Yezhov_with_Stalin_and_Molotov_along_the_Volga%E2%80%93Don_Canal,_orignal.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Yezhov#/media/File:Nik... (original image) vs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Yezhov#/media/File:Stalin_and_Molotov_along_the_Volga%E2%80%93Don_Canal,_Nikolai_Yezhov_removed.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Yezhov#/media/File:Sta... (edited image) With photography, you could produce images that look authentic, and could convince people because they are photos, but are actually hoaxes
- kjkjadksj 1y agoDark room magic is as old as the art. As is the case then as it is now, you can’t trust a photo without an unbroken chain of provenance. One of the most famous film photographs is of course on alleging the lochness monster.