AI am a Camera
June 3, 2023 4:09 AM   Subscribe

Paragraphica is a context-to-image camera that uses location data and artificial intelligence to visualize a "photo" of a specific place and moment. The camera exists both as a physical prototype and a virtual camera that you can try. Project by Bjoern Karmann [CW: you will be interacting with AI]
posted by chavenet (9 comments total) 15 users marked this as a favorite
 
In 2013, a friend and I did a similar project (called parallelogram.me). It showed a visually similar image found online, since everything has been photographed already.
posted by javanlight at 4:26 AM on June 3, 2023 [6 favorites]


Not working for me but I guess that means the site is getting hammered. Will try again later.
posted by zardoz at 4:35 AM on June 3, 2023 [1 favorite]


I've tried to get it to work a few times over the last couple of days and no go.
posted by octothorpe at 7:27 AM on June 3, 2023 [1 favorite]


Same here, can't get it to work at all.
posted by bitteschoen at 7:40 AM on June 3, 2023 [1 favorite]


Next version will scan for Bluetooth ids, cross reference them with social media profiles, scrape people's images, and use AI to compose them into all the shots.
posted by meowzilla at 4:07 PM on June 3, 2023 [2 favorites]


Except that version won't actually work either.
posted by octothorpe at 6:10 PM on June 3, 2023 [2 favorites]


Next version will scan for Bluetooth ids, cross reference them with social media profiles, scrape people's images, and use AI to compose them into all the shots

Shit, I'm expecting it to fabricate an entire vacation itinerary for me so I don't have to deal with crowds at The Great Wall and the Eiffel Tower..
posted by rhizome at 11:13 PM on June 3, 2023 [1 favorite]


I got it to load for me on my phone, but the first thing it asked for was to use location services. I don't want to take a photo of where I live. I want photos of where I'm not. I've got a camera for where I live.

I tried the desktop site, same issue.

Also I try to keep location services on for services that actually need it, ones that do things with maps.
posted by Hactar at 2:17 AM on June 4, 2023 [3 favorites]


Cool idea, both from a technical point of view and as an art piece.
posted by Harald74 at 4:33 AM on June 5, 2023


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