Inspiring article shared by @Dassoniou does raise some interesting concerns re "AI photo restoration."

https://www.howtogeek.com/ai-photo-restoration-is-erasing-your-familys-real-history/

It reminded me of how our memory work and these ease with which it can be compromised. This is not merely a semantic issue for #philosophy. This is not about what is and what is not #real. Imagine it becomes fashionable to generate photos based on descriptions of family members, and the images then becoming "real" photos. Because, everyone does it. #foodforthought

AI photo restoration is erasing your family's real history

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How-To Geek

#foodforthought on this monday...

I will leave you with these words

The Declaration of Independence states that Government depends on the "...consent of the governed..."

#foodforthought

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

Declaration of Independence: A Transcription

Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum). The spelling and punctuation reflect the original.

National Archives
Trump says reopening the Strait of Hormuz would cost the U.S. $2B per day. 😳
A senator fires back: “It was open before the war—so what was the war even for?” 🤔
#StraitOfHormuz #USPolitics #Trump #FoodForThought

RE: https://mast.lat/@Grenhas/116301899397762679

Text (translated): "Intolerance, stupidity, and fanaticism can be fought separately, but when they are united there is no hope." -- Albert Camus

#QOTD #FoodForThought #quotes

@sanderturnhout Nog meer #foodforthought

"Ze [Marrigt van der Valk] doelt op het rentmeesterschapsideaal: de mens moet goed voor de natuur zorgen, maar plaatst zichzelf er tegelijkertijd als beheerder boven. “Dat is een koloniaal idee, alsof wij de natuur kunnen bezitten.” Die visie beïnvloedt ook hoe veel mensen in Nederland de natuur beleven: als iets wat los van hen staat en ze in hun vrije tijd ‘bezoeken’. “Dat is een wit, westers concept.”"

https://mstdn.social/@oneworld/116279040927911188

This quote stopped me in my tracks today:

"Not only will America come to your country and kill all your people....but they'll come back twenty years later and make a movie about how killing your people made their soldiers feel bad" Frankie Boyle

#FoodForThought

Poem by Pablo Neruda, 'The Judges'

#Poem #Poetry #FoodForThought #SilentSunday

I'm still trying to get used to Mastodon to making updates, I mostly made it for my WordPress blog posts 😅 #foodforthought #words #randomthoughts