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Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI Works (gizmodo.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 116 points 5 months ago (45 children)

I think we need to STOP calling it "Artificial Intelligence". IMHO that is a VERY misleading name. I do not consider guided pattern recognition to be intelligence.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It's the new "4k". Just buzzwords to get clicks.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My disappointment when I realised "4k" was only 2160p 😔

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

I can't disagree with this... After basing the size off of the vertical pixel count, we're now going to switch to the horizontal count to describe the resolution.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

on the contrary! it's a very old buzzword!

AI should be called machine learning. much better. If i had my way it would be called "fancy curve fitting" henceforth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Technically speaking AI is any effort on the part of machines to mimic living things. So computer vision for instance. This is distinct from ML and Deep Learning which use historical statistical data to train on and then forecast or simulate.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"machines mimicking living things" does not mean exclusively AI. Many scientific fields are trying to mimic living things.

AI is a very hazy concept imho as it's difficult to even define when a system is intelligent - or when a human is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

That’s not what I said.

What I typed there is not my opinion.

This the technical, industry distinction between AI and things like ML and Neural networks.

“Mimicking living things” is obviously not exclusive to AI. It is exclusive to AI as compared to ML, for instance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There is no technical, industry specification for what AI is. It's solely and completely a marketing term. The best thing I've heard is that you know it's ML if the file extension is cpp or py, and you know it's AI if the extension is pdf or ppt.

I don't see how "AI" is mimicking living things while neural networks are, just because neural networks are based on neurons, the living things in your head.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Incorrect. 15 years in the industry here. Good day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I only have 10 so you win I guess.

At least you are good at debates, I guess.

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