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The Future. Historically, photographs have been considered reliable evidence of reality, playing a crucial role in shaping social consensus and documenting important events. But thanks to AI, that paradigm might be all but over — and reality is about to become a whole lot less knowable.
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AI photo-editing technology is ushering in a profound shift.
- Google’s new Pixel 9 and its AI-powered Magic Editor feature allow users to easily create highly convincing fake images.
- This shift has profound implications for society, journalism, and justice.
- For example, it might make it nearly impossible to document and prove controversial events like police brutality. It also could undermine the credibility of photographic evidence in legal proceedings.
Pixel perfect?
While Google claims to have safeguards in place, Sarah Jeong of The Verge argues that they’re insufficient to prevent the potential misuse of this technology.
And with the breakneck pace of tech innovation these days, our default assumptions around photos are about to undergo a major revolution — one that will have an undeniable impact on our interpretation of reality.
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