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Sal Ammoniac:

--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on April 16, 2021, 12:19:44 pm ---And I also hate it when in some Crime Scene Investigation movies etc, when they are in some Computer Lab, looking at some 'evidence'
on a monitor, and the chief instructs the 'Tech' to "Zoom in on that numberplate" etc... And all you see is the guy madly typing on his
keyboard for five or so seconds!!!  WTF?? 
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Or even worse, the number plate is completely blurry and unreadable in the original until the tech hits a few keys and then the image magically comes into clear focus and is perfectly readable.

Cyberdragon:

--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on April 19, 2021, 06:45:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on April 16, 2021, 12:19:44 pm ---And I also hate it when in some Crime Scene Investigation movies etc, when they are in some Computer Lab, looking at some 'evidence'
on a monitor, and the chief instructs the 'Tech' to "Zoom in on that numberplate" etc... And all you see is the guy madly typing on his
keyboard for five or so seconds!!!  WTF?? 
--- End quote ---

Or even worse, the number plate is completely blurry and unreadable in the original until the tech hits a few keys and then the image magically comes into clear focus and is perfectly readable.

--- End quote ---

It is possible for AI to read text that's hard for a human to read. As for faces or other images, sofware was already being developed in 2017.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/4871415337/google-ai-adds-detail-to-low-resolution-images

Sal Ammoniac:

--- Quote from: Cyberdragon on April 20, 2021, 04:40:13 am ---
--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on April 19, 2021, 06:45:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on April 16, 2021, 12:19:44 pm ---And I also hate it when in some Crime Scene Investigation movies etc, when they are in some Computer Lab, looking at some 'evidence'
on a monitor, and the chief instructs the 'Tech' to "Zoom in on that numberplate" etc... And all you see is the guy madly typing on his
keyboard for five or so seconds!!!  WTF?? 
--- End quote ---

Or even worse, the number plate is completely blurry and unreadable in the original until the tech hits a few keys and then the image magically comes into clear focus and is perfectly readable.

--- End quote ---

It is possible for AI to read text that's hard for a human to read. As for faces or other images, sofware was already being developed in 2017.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/4871415337/google-ai-adds-detail-to-low-resolution-images

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Yeah, but there was no AI "reading" the number plate text in these CSI shows--the number plates were perfectly readable by eye after "enhancing" the image. While some improvement may be possible in the future with better software, when these shows were made this was pure BS.

Cubdriver:

--- Quote from: Psi on April 16, 2021, 12:39:24 pm ---Here's an old one some people might remember.



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Terrible trigger discipline.  Keep your booger hook off the bang switch until you're on target.

-Pat

jimdeane:
Real Genius (1985) has a few hacks, from using a slice of solid CO2 as a fake "quarter" to get coffee, to Lazlo hacking up a computer sweepstakes signing plotter to enter sweepstakes. But the ultimate hack was the reprogramming of the airborne laser target tracking computer to target [spoiler redacted] instead of the intended demonstration target. It involved pulling a ROM chip, programming a new ROM chip with target coordinates that were transferred by (radio or early cellphone) modem, burning the new ROM, and installing it in the control circuit.

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