Capture verifiably real moments in the age of AI

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Capture verifiably real moments in the age of Generative AI

Roc Camera

faust

1/n Today we’re opening preorders for Roc Camera (beta):  

A camera that can take verifiably real moments in the age of AI  

🧵 A thread on https://roc.camera/ from @faust

When I try to nerd in the chat

me: sends Luigi pic in the groupchat
friend: AI?
me: don’t think so but that’s gotta be the first question now
me: I preordered a camera that proves pics are real w/ cryptography
friend: so NFTs?
me: no just cryptography
friend: so… NFTs. got it

@faust is there any on-chain element to the proofs?

tldr: yes

more detail:
- the zk proofs are independent of any contracts
- the proof outputs posted to infra like EAS
- onchain verifier contract that will demonstrate to others that your photo is real (costs gas)
- off-chain verifier SDK (open source) that will demonstrate to you that the photo is real (is local)

Now that things are physical, brainstorming ensues:

Can I earn carbon credits if I plant trees and take photos at sufficiently narrow intervals?

We're shipping our first Roc.camera device out next week... (what?!)

We also have 6 devices left in batch 1 -- so if you've been thinking on getting a device, now is the time!

We are sold out of batch 1 - Roc Camera preorders! 

For those that have pre-ordered, thank you for your support and we are excited to get you a Roc Camera in the new year 🪨📸

Can someone let @balajis.eth know this is exactly what we are building with roc.camera

VERIFIABLE VIDEO

We need verifiable video to prove that footage hasn't been faked with AI.

We can get there with cryptocameras. Suppose that when you take a video, you can optionally put its hash onchain for a small fee. This is like a digital notary public. It establishes that…

Can someone let @balajis.eth know this is exactly what we are building with roc.camera

https://x.com/balajis/status/1868366995361800606?s=46

We're starting to ship our beta devices out to test next week, later production devices are going to be Q1 '25

july

What if @faust is just part of a modular cypherpunk hardware stack?

https://x.com/eshear/status/1867663612380373352?s=46

Another day, another time I've got to tap the sign https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/new-badram-attack-neuters-security-assurances-in-amd-epyc-processors/

any relationship between that implementation and roc?

random reasons why crypto is important

- strict global consensus (h/t polynya) 
- ability for anyone to experiment in previously gatekept systems design at scale (economic systems, governance systems). 
- borderless immutable money 
- prove who is human on the internet 
- prove what is real vs a deepfake 
- own your digital persona (gets more important as more of our lives move online)  
- An immutable record of history — preserve culture and stories. 
- allow any subculture to connect and share value globally 
- escape state level attacks on your worth 
- attribution for your work 
- forces greater transparency for any system 
- powers a globalized gig economy that can also be reputation based and trusted 
- reduced middlemen 
- global access to investment vehicles which are currently gatekept 
- great upside so younger generations may actually be able to  afford homes
- can prevent the metaverse from having a dictator who has an off switch

Prove physical reality
Prove what is real

another idea for ROC

build a privacy preserving ratings/reviews platform. prove that you visited the place with a photo but hide your personal details

Also, some things that only a tee can provide, like provenance of real world data