Artificial intelligence.

[Milpool]

Those were some fun times. I was just starting my slavery and equity investing for many was

“I just got a great stock tip on this company”
“What do they do?”
“I don’t know but it’s on NASDAQ”
“Put me down for 10,000 shares”

AI will be for

War
Selling crap people don't need.
Stealing
Pornography

Useful AI will be for aiding the piloting of vehicles, steadying the hand of a surgeon. Universal instantaneous translations. etc.

I expect AI will be a commercial flop. Like the Dot Com bubble.

 

[Pieter12]

Still takes a lot of skill and money to make AI work. Real will be around for a long time.

Based on what?

 

[Sirius Glass]

The AI in photography that would be useful is AI that as one presses the shutter, AI would as needed adjust the lighting, exposure and focus, move or rearrange objects to improve the composition, remove any trash in the field of view.

 

[mshchem]

Based on what?

AI will never be able to make twice cooked fried potatoes and left over cold roast beef sandwiches like my father could.
AI will replace easily copied and rote behavior. Humans will still do human things. Hopefully wealth doesn't continue to be concentrated.

 

[koraks]

Wealth is like mass. It gravitates towards itself.

 

[Pieter12]

The AI in photography that would be useful is AI that as one presses the shutter, AI would as needed adjust the lighting, exposure and focus, move or rearrange objects to improve the composition, remove any trash in the field of view.

If AI could delay the shutter until all the subjects eyes were open, that would be quite useful to some. Or merge the best faces in a sequence for a group photo.

 

[koraks]

If AI could delay the shutter until all the subjects eyes were open

It actually does something similar on most modern smartphones. And at least tells you if people had their eyes closed.

Or merge the best faces in a sequence for a group photo.

Auto-merging of several images has also been standard on iPhones for several years.

 

[Pieter12]

It actually does something similar on most modern smartphones. And at least tells you if people had their eyes closed.


Auto-merging of several images has also been standard on iPhones for several years.

But it has yet to be incorporated into a camera that an event photographer would use. That would be a useful feature.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

How does auto-merging work indoors if you need a flash?

 

[Pieter12]

How does auto-merging work indoors if you need a flash?

Why would that make any difference?