Episode 199 - Regenerating the Past with AI
Max looks at the recent availability of AI technologies including GANs and ML Techniques in open source software to take old photos and videos and restore them to today's standards. He also discusses what this tech success might mean for the future. How well can we generate a 3d world from a photograph, and how would machines be filling in the blanks?
Links
The Verge: Under-Display Selfie Camera
YouTube: Nineteenth Century Videos Back to Life
Xuan Luo et al: Time Travel Rephotography
YouTube: Deoldify
TRY IT YOURSELF: Upload old photos on ainize/oldify here, and get it colorized instantly
YouTube: First Sound ever Recoded in 1860
YouTube: Further Attempts to Improve the 1860 Tune
New York Times 2008: Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison
David Giovannoni: How we played this 1860 audio
History that Doesn’t Suck: Edison
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Episode 56 on Generative Adversarial Models
Episode 54 on the 5G Standard
