Viral Photos Of Alleged Hamas Leaders Accused Of Being AI Fakes Actually Just Poorly Upscaled
Viral Photos Of Alleged Hamas Leaders Accused Of Being AI Fakes Actually Just Poorly Upscaled
Photos of Hamas leadership enjoying "luxurious lifestyles" went viral on Friday, but many internet users noticed something weird about the images.
Upscaling especially ai assisted upscaling is a form of faking data that isn't there.
Although the underlying technology is similar, AI upscaling is not a valuable propaganda tool, so is not in any way shape or form the same as AI "fakes".
The intention with AI upscaling is to enhance existing detail and remove artefacts while increasing size and scale; not to create a completely new or false image that is different to the input source or changes its narrative. It's closer to this, than it is to deep fakes or propaganda.
You're not wrong. But that's done by inferring what should be there. So it's still going to appear to be faked, because in a very real sense it is faked. It's faked within a narrow band of expectations, but it is faked. A better way to send out photos like this is to include the original and the enhanced version in the publication. To remove doubt
Technically true, but I don't think most people would consider upscaling as "faking" an image. However, given a poor quality source (and parameters), I'm sure some terrible "AI" upscalers could produce some kind of massively-modified abomination.
Edit: Taking a closer look, I think this image qualifies. Terribly done at every level, with extreme over-sharpening and hideous artifacts. SMFH.
You play with words to make seem as if upscaling takes Hamas dude from photo where he is pulling injured out of the crambled building and place him in private jet environment.
So even if upscaling "recalculate" most pixels it's based on what is already in picture and doesn't change the content or context of the pic. By that i mean information given to t he the viewer stay the same.
If we rely on computers and algorithms to maintain the intented interpretation of data we are setting ourselves up for confusion.
Showing the regular unenhanced data is key to credibility. Enhancing data, is just a fancy way of saying guessing what the data should look like, and there's a range of valid guesses. Which puts it right up there with artistic interpretation, courtroom sketches, which have their places. And they should be labeled as such, they shouldn't be called a photograph.
Forbes really doesn’t want to report on Gaza.
The images went viral on Friday after they were published to X, formerly known as Twitter, by Hananya Naftali
This is the dude who deleted his tweet saying Israel bombed the hospital in Gaza because it was a Hamas headquarter. Pardon me if I do not really trust his word.
I honestly have no idea if he or the source is credible, but he did provide a source for the original photographs he used. There's a link to it in the Forbes article.
12 ft ladder link since op linked a pay walled article
4x was a bit too aggressive I guess
In 2007 there were no AI fakes worth mentioning . Enlargement or sharpening in amaterish way does NOT equal AI fake or faking content .
Also about every smart phone does upscaling and enchantment in some way by default . That would make most of the photos taken by smartphones fakes as well.
What are we even talking about?
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As long as Israel continues to oppress Palestinians they will support whoever has the strength to fight back. Currently, that's only really Hamas, so I don't think these pics will change the mind of many people on the ground. Especially while they're getting their houses and streets presently bombed by Israel...
For years Hamas was supported by key players in Israel. A strong Hamas helped to sow division in the Palestinian cause, undermining the two state solution.
They're supporting their continued oppression.
Correct. But for the people who don't support Hamas they're not really getting anything either. They're still getting their settlements taken over in the West Bank, continued oppression by drone and outside control, and achieving nothing. At least the supporters of Hamas are getting revenge, they're getting a feeling of fighting back (and keep in mind the life expectancy of the place is low, Gaza is mostly children and teens, who everyone knows are dumb, emotional, and easy to control and abuse. Sorry teens, but it's true, we've all been there.).
In order to undermine Hamas and prove revenge and shit isn't needed, we're going to need Israel to lift the boot a little, and then negotiate with someone who's not Hamas, like the PLO, to achieve not just peace, but a peace without oppression. We've seen this everywhere, from the hood of the US, to the terrorists of the middle east, to the pirates of Somalia, or in the warlord children armies of Africa. People in terrible conditions will, under pressure, become terrible people to survive. Not everyone, but statistically, it happens enough we can't be surprised at the outcome anymore.