The Surveillance Problem in the 21st Century (1) Touch Screen Magic Mirror – WirelessWire News

Michelangelo, the all-encompassing genius of the Renaissance, had a crooked nose in a fistfight, and from his complex appearance, he created a “statue of David” with perfect features and physical form, and his self-portrait is the “Judgment Day” in the Sistine Chapel. .

Napoleon, a hero of the French Revolution, has a picture of the equestrian statue crossing the Alps, but it seems the true form is unknown, the cloak is very prominent. By the way, why do Napoleon and Ryoma Sakamoto wear their right hands with their clothes?

The hairstyles of the musicians displayed in the music room were mainly wigs, and all aristocrats and politicians of the time wore wigs both as a uniform and as a matter of courtesy. By the way, it is said that Beethoven hated these habits and never wore a wig. Sometimes I wonder why the pictures of scientists in science books are drawn by hand like this, and this sometimes makes a strong impression on me.

Forbes on April 27, 2021, “From ‘Instagram Face’ to ‘Snapchat Dysmor With’: How Beauty Filters Are Changing the Way We See Ourselves,” How We See Ourselves From Now On. In it, he noted, “Normally, when we meet people, we don’t see ourselves. However, in a Zoom meeting, we were able to see ourselves.” And, due to cultural changes, people have come to see themselves in a “new mirror”.

Chinese director Xu Bing’s 2017 film Dragonfly Eyes is, in a way, the visual apocalypse of how we see it and, like Godfrey Regio’s 1982 Koyaanisqatsi, is sacred to the future of humanity. The “eyes of a dragonfly” later appeared in a lecture at Harvard University, and it has reached the point of discussion.

And there are people who view the touch screens of mobile phones and mobile devices as a “new mirror” in which they can see themselves, and discuss what science and society should be like. Focusing on an environment in which people can easily modify their faces and appearance, they vigorously debate what that means.

In fact, when we meet people, when people see us, we usually don’t look at ourselves. To be precise, the mirror didn’t look like someone else was looking at me. Despite this, the discussion continued with a sideways glance to the annoyance of the scientists who were seriously discussing the Touch Screen Magic Mirror.

There are many trends, one of which, Mr. Xu Bing points out, is that China’s surveillance and image recognition technology will call into question the future of digital media. The other is the psychology, technical and cultural aspects of using a “magic mirror” that creates a perfect self-image in the world of arguably “touch screen media”, in the flow of the world associated with the word Metaverse. , has come to question the political way.

There seems to be a lot to think about, and scientists with a sense of ambivalence are gradually being led into confusion about what to do.