So, your brand-spankin’ new smart TV has a feature that’s trying to be your art dealer: it’s called ‘AI Picture Mode’ or something equally pretentious, and it thinks it knows what looks good better than you do. Newsflash: it doesn’t. What it actually does is jack up the brightness, oversaturate colors to nuclear levels, and smooth everything out like your grandma’s face after one too many youth serums. It’s kind of like putting mayonnaise on a perfectly good steak: technically edible, but why the hell would you?
The impact? Well, first off, your TV is lying to you about what colors really look like. Think about it: you’re watching a nature documentary, and suddenly the Amazon rainforest looks like it’s been dipped in a vat of radioactive slime. Is this really what David Attenborough wanted for you? Probably not, unless he’s secretly gone full supervillain. Worse, you start to expect this garbage. You get used to it, and then everything looks dull and lifeless when it’s not on. What the hell, man?
Here’s a mind-blower: this AI picture mode isn’t just screwing with your eyeballs; it’s also messing with the filmmaker’s intent. All that creative artistry, the carefully calibrated colors, the subtle lighting—gone, reduced to atoms, thanks to some algorithm that thinks it knows better than a professional. It’s like remixing Beethoven with a polka beat. I mean, you can, but you’re kind of a monster if you actually do.
Okay, okay, I get it—some people love the hyper-real look. They want their screens to pop like a bag of Mentos in a Diet Coke. And hey, it’s your TV, your eyes, your existential crisis when you realize reality doesn’t look as amazing as your TV tells you it should. That being said, the default’s gotta be off if you ask, well, anyone slightly more experienced than a goldfish.
But here’s the kicker: what if this is just the beginning? What if AI starts deciding what kind of shows you should be watching based on your viewing habits? What if it starts altering the content itself to better suit your tastes? Think about that for a second. You might not be watching TV anymore; instead, TV will be busy watching you and customizing your reality. Are you OK with that? Probably not, and so, you should ask if the AI is watching you, too.
So, are we really okay with surrendering our visual experiences to the cold, unfeeling embrace of artificial intelligence? Is the pursuit of better always leading us to something that’s actually worse? Or am I just being a grumpy old coder yelling at a digital cloud? Turn off the damn AI Picture Mode, and while you’re at it, make sure the friggin’ thing isn’t watching what you are doing.
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