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BoycottTwitter

(115 posts) Thu Jan 8, 2026, 09:17 PM Jan 8

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Why AI should not be used to upscale or fill in details in photos ex remove mask [View all]

I'm already seeing people on here use AI face tools to try to identify the masked ICE agent in Minneapolis. It's a truly terrible idea and here's why
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com) 2026-01-07T22:15:22.893Z

When you use AI to upscale/enhance a photo or do something like remove a mask from an ICE agent it's not generating real details, instead it's just making things up kind of like an artist using his/her imagination and painting things. AI doesn't know more real details.

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Why AI should not be used to upscale or fill in details in photos ex remove mask [View all] BoycottTwitter Jan 8 OP

it would be one thing if people were being honest and transparent about what they were doing stopdiggin Jan 8 #1

nah it's not fine at all. It's a shit move, it's lazy, and it's wasteful. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 8 #2

This might interest you .... eppur_se_muova Jan 8 #3

Yep canetoad Jan 8 #5

If it can help ID him, no prob.It's just like a police sketch. It's just another tool. Blues Heron Jan 8 #4

AI shouldn't be used for most things. hunter Jan 8 #6

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