Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
When I asked people to complete my YouTube video challenge, they quickly succeeded.
It's scary how fast someone can de-pixelate or de-censor video footage—provided it has enough data within it for a neural network to process!
Here's a link to my original video (challenge at the 4:57 mark):
youtu.be/gaV-O6NPWrI?t=297
And here's a link to the reverse-engineering code attempts by KoKuToru:
github.com/KoKuToru/de-pixelate_gaV-O6NPWrI
And a quick note to the third person who had sent me an email with the successful de-pixelation on the 22nd or 23rd, I seem to have misplaced it, please forward it to me again, I don't think I ever responded, oops!
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Contents:
00:00 - The challenge
00:51 - KoKuToru's method
01:54 - Easier than ever
02:21 - How can you prevent it?
When I asked people to complete my YouTube video challenge, they quickly succeeded.
It's scary how fast someone can de-pixelate or de-censor video footage—provided it has enough data within it for a neural network to process!
Here's a link to my original video (challenge at the 4:57 mark):
youtu.be/gaV-O6NPWrI?t=297
And here's a link to the reverse-engineering code attempts by KoKuToru:
github.com/KoKuToru/de-pixelate_gaV-O6NPWrI
And a quick note to the third person who had sent me an email with the successful de-pixelation on the 22nd or 23rd, I seem to have misplaced it, please forward it to me again, I don't think I ever responded, oops!
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/geerlingguy
Sponsor me on GitHub: github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy
Merch: redshirtjeff.com
Main Channel: youtube.com/@JeffGeerling
2nd Channel: youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering
Contents:
00:00 - The challenge
00:51 - KoKuToru's method
01:54 - Easier than ever
02:21 - How can you prevent it?
