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albert_e ◴[] No.41855365[source]
Practically --

I feel hardware technology can improve further to allow under-the-LED-display cameras .... so that we can actually look at both the camera and the screen at the same time.

(There are fingerprint sensors under mobile screens now ...and I think even some front facing cameras are being built in without sacrificing a punch hole / pixels. There is scope to make this better and seamless so we can have multiple cameras if we want behind a typical laptop screen or desktop monitor.)

This would make for a genuine look-at-the-camera video whether we are looking at other attendees in a meeting or reading off our slide notes (teleprompter style).

There would be no need to fake it.

More philosophically --

I don't quite like the normalization of AI tampering with actual videos and photos casually -- on mobile phone cameras or elsewhere. Cameras are supposed to capture reality by default. I know there is already heavy noise reduction, color correction, auto exposure etc ... but no need to use that to justify more tampering with individual facial features and expressions.

Videos are and will be used for recording humans as they are. The capturing of their genuine features and expressions should be valued more. Video should help people bond as people with as genuine body lanuage as possible. Videos will be used as memories of people bygone. Videos will be used as forensic or crime scene evidence.

Let us protect the current state of video capture. All AI enhancements should be marketed separately under a different name, not silently added into existing cameras.

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sadcherry[dead post] ◴[] No.41856141[source]
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1. HeatrayEnjoyer ◴[] No.41856344[source]
Please, please, tell me this is sarcasm.
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2. master-lincoln ◴[] No.41857529[source]
I don't think it was. And I agree: make up is like putting a mask on to hide who you really are because society taught you that you are more valuable this way. People might think they do this for themselves, but it has been put into their mind by media and adverts. This is not healthy and also wasted resources.
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3. botanical76 ◴[] No.41860595[source]
I partially agree with this, but at the same time... I don't feel that shunning the use of makeup and telling people their preferences are actually a result of societal brainwash is a good solution.

If the problem is that society (in bubble X, Y or Z) teaches us our value is judged solely based on our appearance, then we should address the lessons we teach. I feel it is unproductive to play whac-a-mole with the emergent symptoms of such an underlying problem.