Oxford Philosopher Argues a Photo Holds Only ~42 Bytes of Information
In a long essay "Curating the World," Oxford philosopher Toby Ord argues that a photograph carries surprisingly little information—roughly 42 bytes—distinguishing raw file size from genuinely novel information content.
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