[ExI] Google AI low-resolution photo enhancemen

[Adrian Tymes]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 8:49 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *…*> *On Behalf Of *Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Google AI low-resolution photo enhancemen
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> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 8:24 AM Dave Sill via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 5:34 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
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> You are obviously correct in saying that to start with a low-res photo
> and create a high-res photo involves adding information that is not
> present in the original. Nobody is disputing that.
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> They are if they think that photos can be enhanced to identify perps.
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> "Our algorithm identified the perp (when we asked it to determine if this
> image was more likely to be the person we already wanted to convict, or a
> lamp post)." spike
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> Missing in this discussion is the statistical nature of this algorithm.  A
> grainy image cannot identify a perp.  A thousand grainy imagines can.
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Missing in that rebuttal is mention of the police who have no intention of
using these tools to discover the truth (not that they are always opposed
to it - just, they don't care), but instead to support their preconceived
biases and help them convict whoever they want regardless of whether the
arrestee really did it.
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