Samsung uses AI and ML to produce great shots of the moon taken by the Galaxy S23 Ultra
On one end of his room, he put that image on his computer monitor and then went to the other end of the room, turned off the light, and zoomed in on the monitor using his Galaxy S23 Ultra. The result? The image became a detailed photo of the moon looking nothing like the white blob on the computer screen. While Samsung truthfully says that “no image overlaying or texture effects are applied, it does use Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to improve photographs of the moon.
Test shows that Samsung uses AI and ML to create gorgeous shots of the moon with the Galaxy S23 Ultra
The Reddit subscriber who ran the above test added, “I hope you can appreciate that Samsung is leveraging an AI model to put craters and other details on places which were just a blurry mess.” And while some are excusing Samsung by saying that this is not an example of deceptive marketing, others say that the manufacturer isn’t clearly explaining how these images are produced.
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As long as overlays aren’t used, what is the difference between using AI and Machine Learning tools to produce great-looking images of the moon? After all, Google uses computational photography on its Pixel handsets and those cameras are widely lauded. The key part of the sentence is “as long as overlays aren’t used.” After all, it’s not like a different photo of the moon is replacing the one that you photographed with your Galaxy S23 Ultra. That is where the line should be drawn.
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The company continued, “Based on machine learning principles, the camera recognizes a scenario and helps to optimize focus and exposure to enhance the details such as shapes, colors, and highlights/lowlights. This feature can be turned on or off easily while taking a photo. While there is a Moon Mode, the shot can still be taken without AI mode because of the periscope lens.”
So what do you think? Is Samsung trying to pull the wool over consumers’ eyes or is it merely doing something that most phone manufacturers do, which is use AI to improve users’ photographs.
