[croes]

Some use picture to imagine how life was back then. Life wasn't black and white.

Same with the facial expressions in old photos. People look pretty serious but that's just because of the technology pf photography back then. People were as silly and joyful as nowadays.

[logifail]

> Some use picture to imagine how life was back then. Life wasn't black and white.

Life (time) doesn't tend to stand still, either, yet we are able to appreciate photographs.

Would we really benefit from old photographs being AI-animated into "videos"?

Perhaps I'm showing my age, but the older I get the more I feel at one with life's imperfections. I'm fine without filters and HDR ... or colour ... or motion.

[croes]

>Would we really benefit from old photographs being AI-animated into "videos"?

Some people seem to think that

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26279372

[npteljes]

I think that the filters, HDR, or the guesswork restorations of old media are similarly life's imperfections - just that the life is more current, compared to the original date of taking these photos.

[kevmo314]

> Would we really benefit from old photographs being AI-animated into "videos"?

Yeah that would be pretty cool.

[ddrdrck_]

> People look pretty serious but that's just because of the technology pf photography back then

This is a known misconception. People on old pictures are not smiling because they liked it this way, not because of long exposure times. Same for paintings. Except for Mona Lisa, you were supposed to be dead serious when being immortalized on picture for generations to come.

[gitgud]

Sounds similar to police mugshots, you don't want to be smiling or too happy as future generations may mock you...