Gareth O'Callaghan: AI can't recreate the passion of being in a real-life moment

This is technology that’s difficult to grasp, and the onus is on us to learn because it’s our future. But a lot of AI is not reality, as I realised the more I studied the photo

Even with an old photo, AI can track ancient camera movements and then use the same tracking to insert me into the frame as though I’ve always been there, writes Gareth O'Callaghan.

The best parts of life are the ones that call you back in time.

This photo could have been taken last week. It’s a perfect summer’s day on the beach, and it’s as if I’m listening to my grandson as he explains why jellyfish have nothing to do with real jelly, and how you can hear the wind if you hold a spiral-shaped seashell up to your ear.