jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoNo one’s ready for this: Our basic assumptions about photos capturing reality are about to go up in smoke.www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldcollapse@slrpnk.net
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNo one’s ready for this: Our basic assumptions about photos capturing reality are about to go up in smoke.www.theverge.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square74fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldcollapse@slrpnk.net
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoIt’s the exact same thing. You’re drawing a distinction between two identical things. Pictures have not been credible for a long time. You shouldn’t have “trusted” a picture for anything 5 years ago. The only thing that’s in any way different is that now you know you can’t trust it.
minus-squarereksas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoI suppose the conclusion is that we need better ways to verify things
It’s the exact same thing. You’re drawing a distinction between two identical things.
Pictures have not been credible for a long time. You shouldn’t have “trusted” a picture for anything 5 years ago.
The only thing that’s in any way different is that now you know you can’t trust it.
I suppose the conclusion is that we need better ways to verify things