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What's something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I can't "blow up" an image you screenshotted from a video your sister posted on facebook and make it look any better then a pile of angry pixel garbage. I can, however, remove the pause icon from your garbage picture.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well with generative AI, now we can, but that’s just cause the computer is making shit up.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

To be fair, that's also what our brains do most of the time.