Ben Green

Those are really good points, Joe. Personally, I feel facial recognition is an area where at some point AI could come into its own as a helpful tool for JFKA researchers. I'm also heartened to read that people like Jefferson Morley are open to using AI and even though initial results have been disappointing they remain open-minded about its potential.

Interesting...

Thanks Tom, this was exactly the sort of insight I was looking for. Like I say, my knowledge and understanding of AI is fairly limited but based on what I do know my hunch is that it could be of some use to JFKA researchers (certainly in the future as AI becomes more sophisticated).

There are various problems with AI as it stands. Firstly, we need to remember it is still very early in it's evolution. It's not a finished article and that's the point - it never will be. It will continue to get ever more sophisticated and will do so exponentially. I think it's potential is quite mindblowing. The other problem is, lay people like ourselves have very little understanding of AI and I would go as far to say many so-called 'experts' have a limited grasp of it and its potential. The fact of the matter is, AI is already being used by intelligence agencies and law enforcement. It's being used as a tool to solve cold cases. This is the biggest cold/unsolved case of the lot.

Firstly, apologies if this topic has already been covered off elsewhere, but I'm interested to know if any JFKA researchers have used/or are using AI as part of their work, or how valuable researchers believe AI could be in this quest. If it is being used - how so? And what specific areas of JFKA research do people think AI could be a useful tool for? Given the sheer volume of documents, research, books, audio, still and moving images, and other resources pertaining to the assassination, my view is AI could be very useful indeed. Possibly even a game changer. I see potential particularly around thinks like image enhancement, facial recognition and also modelling the likelihood of various scenarious. Would be interested to know the thoughts of others.

Apologies if I'm looking at the wrong thing, but I've looked closely at these images and the bits that are purportedly people and if they are indeed people they must have had huge heads. Enormous heads. Like Frank Sidebottom. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

This smacks of someone at the BBC sensing an opportunity to get some clicks by picking a topic of modern history which is the subject of a high volume of search queries on Google. They then would have realised how much actual legwork would go into seriously addressing the question “Who was behind JFK’s assassination?” so instead followed the path of least resistance by sticking to the 'official' version. Poor journalism? Yes. Ignorant? Ditto. Lazy journalism? No doubt. But I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt that the objective of the article wasn't anything more sinister.

It's certainly curious that in the Darnell film he's the only person looking up at the upper floors of the TSBD.

I've now watched all four parts and have to say it is a brilliantly crafted documentary series. The director is very objective in his approach and maintains a healthily sceptical eye throughout. It is left to the viewer to decide what may or may not have happened and I must admit I came away from it with an open mind. There's a whole lot of intrigue and so many layers and threads to untangle and although some may come away from it feeling frustrated I think that's fine and sort of reflects the frustration felt by Christian Hansen. And yes, it is a bit weird how much Hansen physically resembles Casolaro. I guess that's just a reminder that people look like other people and coincidences DO happen.

I'm Ben Green, I've been a journalist for almost 20 years but my fascination with the JFKA began way before that when I was still at school when I first saw Oliver Stone's JFK (would've been around 2023). I'm no expert on the case by any stretch of the imagination but have read a dozen or so books on the subject and watched a number of documentaries etc. My obsession eased somewhat post 2010 but the 60th anniversary reignited my interest in the subject and I have been consuming lots of online resources since then, relevant Youtube content, the Rob Reiner podcast, as well as keeping a close eye on this forum. I'd like to someday, somehow contribute to JFKA research efforts, even if just in a small way.