Meta's AI haalt foto's rechtstreeks uit je hoofd

Wednesday 25 October 2023, 20:02 by Elja Trum | 2,597 views | 2 comments

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

Meta, the parent company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has developed a system that can scan your brain and turn the image you are thinking of into a picture. And Meta's AI does this in a fraction of a second.

This artificial intelligence is actually doing what we as photographers often do too, turning an image in your head into a picture. But without a camera, and incredibly quickly.

The scanner used is non-invasive, so you do not need to undergo an operation. Initially, the aim is medical, decoding what someone means when they are no longer able to communicate.

Could such a system be useful to you when creating your images? Will your camera soon be put away in the cupboard?

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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.

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2 comments

Donald Willemsen wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2023 at 23:01 | reply
Quote: 'of what someone meant who is no longer able to communicate.', end quote. This should be: 'of what someone means who is no longer able to communicate.'

I think the whole story is based on a belated April Fool's joke. Meta is not capable of scanning someone's brain. At most, they are capable of analyzing your content on FB and Instagram and drawing conclusions from it.
Translated from Dutch.

Elja Trum wrote on Thursday 26 October 2023 at 10:42 | reply
Thanks for your correction, Donald.

Scanning your brain obviously requires equipment. If I understand correctly, an fMRI scanner was used here.
Translated from Dutch.

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