Death of a Fantastic Machine: A #Design #History #Documentary
#Can You Believe Your Own Eyes? Not With AI
> How economic forces have shaped what we see, from the earliest photography to the algorithms and AI of today.
Part of The New York Times video series:
Op-Docs:
Op-Docs
The Oscar-winning series of short documentaries by independent filmmakers.
A film and text by Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson:
The camera is a tool — but to do what? Images shape our daily life, yet we rarely question how they’re made or why.
As filmmakers, we’re fascinated by how humans use cameras and by the immense influence images have. For 15 years, we’ve investigated the history of the camera, and we’ve turned the material we gathered into a feature documentary, chronicling how people behind the camera went from capturing the image of a backyard to today’s multibillion-dollar content industry.
The video above, “Death of a Fantastic Machine,” is a shorter version of that documentary, and here we focus on something that emerged as the key factor: how economic forces have shaped what we see, from the earliest photography to the algorithms and AI of today.
Some say there are an estimated 45 billion cameras on earth today, giving humankind access to perspectives far beyond our own reach. But the very tool that could help us understand the world is increasingly used to distort it. With A.I., this distortion has reached a new level. When any photo or video can be manufactured, what happens to the camera’s credibility? Can we still trust what we see?
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