Me, 1996: No, "Goodtimes" is a hoax, an email can't run computer code or give you a virus
Me, 2000, miserable: Microsoft did something weird and now emails can give you a virus. Bubbleboy is real
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Me, 2010: No, the "Enhance" bit from CSI is not real. There aren't algorithms that can add information to an image.
Me, 2025, miserable: Microsoft did something weird and now the "Enhance" button is real, but the details are fake. Law enforcement IS using it and innocent people will go to prison
@mcc You just reminded me of that meme image that took CSI Miami characters and had them zoom in on a license plate in a grainy 320x240 security camera image, "enhance" and get the license numbers via magic, then they zoomed in on a screw of the license plate, enhanced that, and they had a reflection of the killer in the act that apparently would hold up in court followed by the annoying guy from the show saying "looks like... *puts on sunglasses* the killer is screwed."
The tech can't do it, but it won't stop people from believing. So called "AI" still can't add details that aren't there without making them up, but it's not going to stop people from thinking it's correct anyway. *Big sigh*
CSI has nothing on Red Dwarf, they're the real experts in enhancing images:
@wurzelmann @mcc Yeah, I remember that one. I'm 99.999% certain it was parodying the same thing.
I rounded down.
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