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A judge in Washington state has blocked video evidence that’s been “AI-enhanced” from being submitted in a triple murder trial. And that’s a good thing, given the fact that too many people seem to think applying an AI filter can give them access to secret visual data.

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


A judge in Washington state has blocked video evidence that’s been “AI-enhanced” from being submitted in a triple murder trial.

And that’s a good thing, given the fact that too many people seem to think applying an AI filter can give them access to secret visual data.

Lawyers for Puloka wanted to introduce cellphone video captured by a bystander that’s been AI-enhanced, though it’s not clear what they believe could be gleaned from the altered footage.

For example, there was a widespread conspiracy theory that Chris Rock was wearing some kind of face pad when he was slapped by Will Smith at the Academy Awards in 2022.

Using the slider below, you can see the pixelated image that went viral before people started feeding it through AI programs and “discovered” things that simply weren’t there in the original broadcast.

Large language models like ChatGPT have convinced otherwise intelligent people that these chatbots are capable of complex reasoning when that’s simply not what’s happening under the hood.


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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago

During Kyle Rittenhouse's trial the defense attorney objected to using the pinch to zoom feature of an iPad because it (supposedly) used AI. This was upheld by the judge so the prosecution couldn't zoom in on the video.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait, when did that become ok to do in The first place

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[–] SacrificedBeans@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Nor evidence, for that matter

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@lemmy.one 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Sure, no algorithm is able to extract any more information from a single photo. But how about combining detail caught in multiple frames of video? Some phones already do this kind of thing, getting multiple samples for highly zoomed photos thanks to camera shake.

Still, the problem remains that the results from a cherry-picked algorithm or outright hand-crafted pics may be presented.

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[–] unreachable@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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