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  Mar 11, 2023
@adrianhon Today's fraud brought to you by ... tidal locking!
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 threadLee Holmes 
@adamshostack @adrianhon I don't understand your point. Do you consider stacking to be fraud?
Mar 11, 2023 at 8:15pmWeb
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