What happens when the information runs out
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- AI colorization can fill in missing details but may invent inaccuracies, such as wrong eyebrows or illegible text.
- Information in photo restoration falls into three categories: known, reasonably inferred, and lost or never present.
- Human judgment is essential to communicate certainty and preserve uncertainty, recognizing when gaps should remain unfilled.
- The iterative process of darkroom printing parallels working with AI: refining outputs by identifying and correcting errors.
- AI's default behavior is to solve information gaps; explicit instructions to avoid inventing details may not fully prevent it.