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Samsung caught faking zoom photos of the Moon (Mar. 2023)

submitted by Dingo to whatever 3 monthsJan 26, 2024 11:27:51 ago (+5/-2)     (www.theverge.com)

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/13/23637401/samsung-fake-moon-photos-ai-galaxy-s21-s23-ultra

Subtitle: A viral Reddit post has revealed just how much processing the company’s cameras apply to photos of the Moon, further blurring the line between real and fake imagery in the age of AI.

From the comments section, which is relevent for context.

OP here. First let me say that I really like this article, it interpreted my findings correctly, and is perfectly nuanced. However, the authors did not mention that there have been several updates to the experiments since, which explicitly show what I am claiming in even more detail: https://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/11p7rqy/update_to_the_samsung_space_zoom_moon_shots_are/

I mention this because I see a lot of comments where people still misunderstand what is going on. No, Samsung is not replacing your moon with a pre-downloaded moon.png, it's using a neural network to hallucinate some of those details in. My newer experiments show how this works in even more detail, and how an image looks when these 'enhancements' are not being applied.

It seems that Samsung wants to make everything you look at Fake-N-Gay(TM).


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[ - ] texasblood 1 point 3 monthsJan 26, 2024 16:09:01 ago (+1/-0)

First thing you need is stability.
I have shooting sticks,bi pods and tri pods.
My S23 Ultra takes very clean pics at 100 zoom.
One can't possibly free hand enough stabilty for clear shots.

[ - ] Dingo [op] 0 points 3 monthsJan 26, 2024 17:53:44 ago (+0/-0)

I would assume a tri-pod unit would help with the stability. What do you make of the algorithm "modifying" the picture? It kind of horrified me to realize the augmentations make some believe what they think they are seeing. I guess it's kind of like electron microscopes in that there's augmentation but again one should always be concerned with being "sure" about what is presented on the screen versus what is actually there.