I think both computer vision and human vision have benefits and downsides in terms of how they can comprehend the reality and meaning of the world. Computer vision simply relies on the quality of algorithms and environmental conditions, which often makes it fail to comprehend the meaning of videos. Human vision, on the other hand, allows us to instinctively comprehend everything in the world through our greatest tools called “eyes”. Furthermore, when it comes to emotions, computer vision is not able to fully understand human emotions. As mentioned in the reading, the emotion recognition system turns very subjective, complex, personal features, called emotions, into objective data, which I don’t think is ethically right, because we are essentially labeling people’s emotions in a way that does not perfectly depict them. However, computer vision can literally track everything in real time for as long as possible until the whole energy is consumed. We, as humans, cannot keep our eyes open and look at everything. But computer vision can stay active indefinitely, being able to record everything that is going on. Expanding on this, computer vision can depict the true reality of the world if all of the conditions are met and algorithms are implemented correctly. For example, Suicide Box was able to reveal the true reality of suicide that society was uncomfortable confronting. In this sense, computer vision is very effective in maintaining transparency.
To enhance the quality of computer vision, we can control the environment of the physical world. For example, we can change the brightness and lighting of the background or change the color of objects so that the target is spotlighted, making it easier for computers to track.
In terms of the future of computer vision, I think more and more artists are going to incorporate computer vision into their interactive art as people are getting more interested in human and computer interaction, such as VR, AR, XR, and robotics. teamLab would be a great example. They exhibit artwork that allows people to interact with it. Specifically, in Sketch Aquarium, kids draw fish and then the fish appear on the screen so people can feed them or make them swim together. But I believe there are also ethical implications of using computer vision, such as tracking people’s personal data without consent and digital sexual harassment. Therefore, we should establish standards to make sure that computer vision tracking systems are used in appropriate ways.