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by beala 197 days ago
There’s an infamous case of xerox photocopiers substituting in incorrect characters due to a poorly tuned compression algorithm. No AI necessary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JBIG2#:~:text=Character%20subs...

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Yeah, I had that case in mind actually. It's a perfect illustration of why compression artifacts should be obvious and not just realistic-looking hallucinations.