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Justin D Kruger (he/him)@rasterweb I don't think this will work long-term.
#AI(s) are really good at learning complex patterns; this is just another complex, regular pattern.
There are really only two solutions that will work,
1. #cryptography
2. respecting #copyright restrictions via #metadata and #microformats
@rasterweb
#Cryptographic #AI #ImageProtection can work for a few reasons
1. declares an intent to protect
2. amplifies #copyright law around encrypted content
3. scrappers are usually simple, and this adds complexity at a different layer than the machine learning algorithm
4. #cryptography adds compute time to the process; how much depends on how dense the method is.
But #metadata and #microformats are also useful
@rasterweb
For a #Cryptographic #AI #ImageProtection solution in the browser,
Create an #OpenSource javascript library that can take an encrypted asset and then decrypt it. Then render the image in a #HTML5 <canvas> tag.
I see two possible implementations:
1. #openkey system - meant to add a decryption step; it won't stop anyone who uses the same library to decrypt it. which requires willful intent to steal the image.
2. use a private system, and use auth or payment to release a key