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Tag Archives: ChatGPT
A few thoughts on AI (and a bit of history)
While benign and belligerent robots and machines have existed since the dawn of science fiction, it was about ten years ago that I had some sort of epiphany and gradually began saving and/or bookmarking various online articles about artificial intelligence following recent worrisome developments in that field: chatbots were showing signs of coherent speech, Boston Dynamics’ robots had started doing backflips and parkour — but it was demonstrations of autonomous weapons systems that I took particular issue with. I wanted to keep the articles as “evidence” and “for future reference” — such as for essays like this one, and to backtrack how we got to where we are now. Continue reading
Posted in History, Internet, Technology
Tagged AI, apocalypse, art, artificial intelligence, augmentation, chatbots, ChatGPT, civilisation, current affairs, digitization, dystopia, enlightenment, ethics, evolution, extinction, growth hack, humanity, man-machine, progression, Skynet, virtuality
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AI Photo Enhancement: Boon or Bust for Old Photos?
Digitizing old family photos is a great way to preserve family history and memories for future generations. But let’s face it: old photos can be faded, scratched, and just plain old-looking. That’s where AI-powered photo enhancement software comes in. But is it really the panacea it’s cracked up to be? Continue reading
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Tagged AI, AI and photo authenticity, AI image editing, AI photo enhancement, authenticity in photo restoration, ChatGPT, digitization, digitizing old photos, images, photo enhancement ethics, photo enhancement software, photo restoration techniques, photography, photos, preservation, preserving old photos, restoring historical photos, Skynet
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