News AI trump face filter

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Often happens with streaming. You did not say how you are viewing it

I think it is a mistake to immediately jump to an AI is to blame, which is over-used as a blame or excuse.

If you watch on a "phone" or a tablet or computer, then streaming can drop a few packets (of internet data) and the picture looks blurred.

How the packets work is that some packets define the whole picture in greatly reduced terms. A 4K picture (video frame) might be sent out as a 400 x 250 (appr) image in one or a few packets and then this is refined with detail in more packets. Those areas with the greatest change from frame to frame get the most packets.

So if the internet drops some packets the software/hardware gets the next overall packet and puts that up, saying "at least we have something to show".

If you are watching TV over any kind of fibre optic connection, it is streamed even if doesn't label itself that way.

How were you watching that?
Was it one particular network, same both times?
Was it Tiktok video? YouTube? Another service?