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Re: BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities

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Post by my_city » Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 1:20 AM UTC

another_story wrote: post #77

my_city wrote: post #48

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China has not reached the level of brutality that the british inflicred upon the world, not by far. But there is also a key difference: Honk Kong is China. China didn't invade Honk Kong, is not a colony, is simply another chinese region. What bussiness did the british have in India? Would you consider India a "legitimate" british territory, or a colony? Same with Puerto Rico, it is a colony, what bussiness does the U…

If imperialism and colonialism are wrong maybe China should stop doing it in Africa and South East Asia.

What imperialism, what colonialism are you talking about? Investing in infrastructure, roads, railroads, schools and commerce that benefits the lives of millions in a continent that was savaged by European powers? Europeans only brought wars, bombs, genocide, enslavement and pillage to Africa. China brings railroads and commerce that increase the standard of living. How can westerners be so blind to the fact that they are the problem and that other countries want to have mutually beneficial relationships with them rather than invade and enslave their people?

Re: BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities

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Post by my_city » Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 1:25 AM UTC

vanviegen wrote: post #57

my_city wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

China has not reached the level of brutality that the british inflicred upon the world, not by far. But there is also a key difference: Honk Kong is China. China didn't invade Honk Kong, is not a colony, is simply another chinese region. What bussiness did the british have in India? Would you consider India a "legitimate" british territory, or a colony? Same with Puerto Rico, it is a colony, what bussiness does the U…

Yes, colonialism was bad. It should not have happened. We should not let it happen again. In general, we shouldn't be suppressing people. When a nation needs to use violence to force a region to come/remain within its union, without even a fair vote, that nation is on the bad side of history in my eyes. And yes, my country has engaged in such misbehavior as recently as 60 years ago. I'm sorry on behalf of my country.…

Why do you assume that every country wants to colonize and subjugate the world, like the British did, and the USA has done during the 20th century? Yeah, let's stop Western hegemony, and the only way to do that is to have a multipolar world. There should not be a single country (or group of countries, such as NATO and its allies) that controls the entire world and imposes its will with an iron fist, bombing, invading, and assassinating whoever they want.China is a new force in the world, a force for good that actually doesn't invade or bomb other countries, that improves the lives of billions of their own citizens, and that is trying to build relationships of mutual benefit with Africa, Asia, and South America.

In psychology, there is a term where you blame others for what you do; it is called projection. The West should stop projecting its own imperialism onto others.

Re: BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities

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Post by my_city » Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 1:27 AM UTC

zelos wrote: post #85

my_city wrote: post #47

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There is only one wrong, which is the story of western nations (the british mainly, but all of Europe to a lesser extent) and non western (Japan) colonizing, invading, and exploiting China as a colony. Honk Kong was taken from China and only restituted in 1997. That the BBC, the main promoter of british colonialism talks about the honk kong protests as if they were some "heroic" people, is just imperialism in the 21t…

> That the BBC, the main promoter of british colonialism... I take it you don't actually watch any BBC output, then?

What is this piece of "news" but pure and unashamed imperialism against a british former colony?

Re: BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities

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Post by jlarocco » Fri, Dec 02, 2022, 4:56 AM UTC

sportslife wrote: post #42

jlarocco wrote: post #28

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Seems like a publicity stunt. A face covering would cost nothing and achieve the end goal of hiding their identity.

This solves multiple goals: hide identity, show anon-source exists, and show facial emotions to viewers. The latter is a huge win for making media people want to watch. Same reason all those cable stations segment the screen into four with a face in each corner, or why streamers overlay their gaming with a their face on a webcam. We like faces.

> The latter is a huge win for making media people want to watch.

I get that people like faces, but the news should be real. Maybe I'm expecting too much of the BBC, but it seems pretty short-sighted to start carrying fake news, even if they are only starting with a fake face.