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AI-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This was a whole thing with Samsung phones replacing the moon with a fake one in their telephoto images... I hate how much processing is going into phone images now.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    You need a real camera if you want real pictures. The optical zoom on a phone camera is only a couple times magnification.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    I actually did buy a Sony mirrorless camera several years ago when I was getting unhappy with the quality of my phone camera, right around the time the aggressive denoising tech was introduced. It made all the leaves in my forest photos turn into a smeary mess, not much different from an AI image.

    These photos were 6 years apart, but I bought the nice camera shortly after the first photo. Galaxy S10 vs Sony A9 straight off the camera, similar shutter speeds, but different weather.

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