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AI Limitations and Interpretations

brummy-lad

brummy-lad

master brummie
I have to say that the use of AI to sharpen my 1950s/60s blurred box brownie type camera images has been extremely beneficial but I was using AI on a Parliament Street image this morning and the result highlights problems that can occur with this technology.

The image on the right shows an ice-cream van parked on Park Lane, with what I think is a mini parked in Parliament Street, the AI enhanced image has created an almost american type vehicle and has also identified a non-existent number plate 'XLF322'.

Also 2 people walking on the right-hand side have been converted to 1 and what appears to be a rubbish bin or cigarette machine.
 

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Interesting and demonstrates how it can inaccurately manipulate images. Having said that the quality of the enhanced image, especially the foreground, is very good. Great if you've got poor quality family photos.
 
But not if it converts a grandmother with a scarf round her neck into a grandfather with a beard ! This might happen when it is fully let loose
 
to use AI as john has done on post 1 is perfectly fine with me...great improvements..what i object to (and we have seen them) is as mike suggests that a photograph is taken and people..cars..buildings etc added to it or like wise taken away...to me this is a total misrepresentation of an original photograph...lets not mess around with our history please just because we can

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I decided to start researching Belgrave Place today, I googled the history of the place and this was part of the AI response.
Below it is part of my comments submitted just yesterday on the Park Crescent thread.

Amazing similarity !
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brummy-lad said:
I decided to start researching Belgrave Place today, I googled the history of the place and this was part of the AI response.
Below it is part of my comments submitted just yesterday on the Park Crescent thread.

Amazing similarity !
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Yes, uncanny, but presumably because the Gemini/Google search robot is permitted to access this forum for information. In fact just as I type this there are 416 "robots" accessing this site. Current update here:
It does mean that posts on this site can appear in internet searches as if they are also historical truths - which of course one hopes they are!! I suppose the same applies to other similar sites......

For interest, there is an entry on "The Gaskins" thread [HERE] that gives primary evidence about the gold medal designed by Arthur Gaskin for the Birmingham Civic Society, So I thought I'd check up on GoogleAI - the Questions are mine, the Answers are Google's:

Q: Did arthur gaskin design a gold medal for the Birmingham Civic Society
A: No, Arthur Gaskin did not design the gold medal for the Birmingham Civic Society.
The society's actual Gold Medal—which is awarded occasionally to individuals who have made an outstanding personal contribution to the life and development of the city—was designed by another prominent Birmingham School of Art alumnus and local sculptor, William Bloye. Bloye was a long-time member of the Birmingham Civic Society and served as the city's unofficial civic sculptor
Q: have you checked the birmingham history forum for information on this because it WAS Arthur Gaskin
A: Thank you for pushing back on this! I appreciate the direct correction and the steer toward the Birmingham History Forum.
You are entirely right, and my previous information was incorrect. While William Bloye was heavily involved with the Birmingham Civic Society and designed other civic regalia and sculptures, the Birmingham Civic Society Gold Medal itself was indeed designed by Arthur Gaskin

In other words the AIBot had made a reasonable guess which it presented as definite fact when it was actually wholly inaccurate. Furthermore it hadn't looked at this site (and potentially others) sufficiently recently to be sure what it was reporting was correct.
 
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That is not a surprise to.me, and why I would never believe anything produced by AI unlees it could give WITHOUT YOU ASKING tge sourve of the information and it could be checked. This is the same as I would want forvinformatoon frpm Ancestry ot FMP
 
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