[icehawk]

When a cell phone camera auto-focuses, it's still literally recording what light strikes the cmos chip.

Do you think its recording some other light?

[bawolff]

A) i think that is not true if focus stacking is in use.

B) the light has been modified based on an algorithm, causing the camera to capture different things. Its not just the light as it would be by itself.

In terms of the output of the camera the effect of this is much more significant than the AI stuff being complained about.