• @UnderpantsWeevil
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    12 days ago

    Why write, say anything, when one can show an image, point, or just look

    A picture is worth a thousand words, sure. But generating a complex and nuanced image is often far more technically difficult than producing equivalent text.

    There is a lot of information that can potentially be lost in an image, while a block of technical writing is easier to parse and cite.

    • TezkaOPM
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      11 day ago

      Human visual processing is extremely low resolution. 8-bit, if I remember correctly. What you’re imagining has to do with imagination, not vision or sufficient comprehension for communication. This is a matter of competency and ability; generating an image, producing equivalent text, parsing, citing, don’t you think? Systems need to be image-generators, or text generators; image-interpreters, text interpreters… Perhaps examine the taxonomy of AI.