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No need to really say too much about the potential implications of something like this, so I will simply post the link and make a brief comment:
<a title="Jesus Diaz reviews PhotoSketch" href="http://gizmodo.com/5374890/this-is-a-photoshop-and-it-blew-my-mind" target="_blank">This Is a Photoshop and It Blew My Mind</a>
Even if this is an elaborate video hoax, I have no doubt that some team of ex-Google engineers will have something like this in prototype before the year 2015.
And then what?
There is currently an <a title="Wikimedia Commons debate" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard&oldid=29884458#File:Friends_eating_lunch_at_the_home_of_Michael_Lucas_on_Fire_Island.jpg" target="_blank">argument underway</a> on Wikimedia Commons about whether someone captured in a photo among a private party crowd dotted with a gay pornography producer, actors, and fans is or is not actually <a title="David Saranga, according to Wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Saranga&oldid=288603210" target="_blank">David Saranga</a>, an Israeli diplomat and former Consul for Media and Public Affairs of Israel in the United States.
Of course it is David Saranga in <a title="David Saranga on Fire Island" href="http://mywikibiz.com/Image:David_Saranga_at_the_home_of_Michael_Lucas_on_Fire_Island.JPG" target="_blank">the real photograph</a> on Fire Island, but the prevailing administrative culture at Wikimedia projects is to protect those who have been quietly authorized to self-promote on the project, even if this means suppressing the verifiable truth to the unsuspecting public. This is yet another example of a continued neglect of <a title="Ethical accountability, according to MyWikiBiz" href="http://www.mywikibiz.com/Ethical_accountability" target="_blank">ethical accountability</a>.
Imagine what an instrument like PhotoSketch could do to our understanding of amateur photo-journalism and "truth". It is not an altogether encouraging prospect.
