Adrian HonMar 11, 2023

Interesting thread concluding that Samsung is using an AI model to replace users’ blurry, super-zoomed photos of the Moon with slightly higher res textures.

How did they discover this?

1. They downloaded a high res image of the Moon
2. Downscaled it to a blurry 170x170px image on their computer monitor
3. Took a photo of it on the Samsung with the room lights out

…and they got a magically higher-res Moon! Clever.

https://reddit.com/r/Android/comments/11nzrb0/samsung_space_zoom_moon_shots_are_fake_and_here/

Samsung "space zoom" moon shots are fake, and here is the proof

**This post has been updated with several additional experiments in newer posts, which address most comments and clarify what exactly is going...

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Show threadAdam Shostack  
@adrianhon Today's fraud brought to you by ... tidal locking!
Mar 11, 2023 at 6:17pmWeb
Show threadSteve BellovinMar 11, 2023
@adamshostack @adrianhon But does the fraud account for lunar libration?
Show threadEugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭Mar 12, 2023
@SteveBellovin @adamshostack @adrianhon I imagine not. But it would be a fun experiment to do!
Show threadLee Holmes Mar 11, 2023
@adamshostack @adrianhon I dunno... this topic goes back and forth the same way that the moon landing conspiracy folks do. There are a lot of things you can do computationally that are entirely legitimate and used by astrophotography all the time. Brightness, contrast, color channel adjustments, deconvolution... the list goes on.
Show threadAdam Shostack  Mar 11, 2023
@Lee_Holmes @adrianhon Really? :) https://shostack.org/blog/10000-moon-shots/
Shostack + Friends Blog > 100,00 Moon Shots

Amazing and impressive photographs of the moon.

Show threadAdam Shostack  Mar 11, 2023
@Lee_Holmes @adrianhon I think my reason for caring is that moon pictures have become shorthand for zoom quality and samsung is cheating and potentially deceiving prospects.
Show threadLee Holmes Mar 11, 2023
@adamshostack @adrianhon I took this at a Kraken game and thought it was also better than anything I had ever seen - in this case, the people that were special guests at the Coors Lite section drinking a bunch of IPA :) Coors Lite area are the white seats at the bottom right.
Show threadLee Holmes Mar 11, 2023
@adamshostack @adrianhon I don't understand your point. Do you consider stacking to be fraud?
Show threadAdam Shostack  Mar 11, 2023
@Lee_Holmes @adrianhon nope. Stacking is fine. My point is the camera doing it without telling you may be fraud