Interesting video on AI and Photography

[Andrew-Bede Allsop]

I have just watched a video by Tomasz Trzebiatowski the editor of Frames Magazine on this very subject and for me he makes perfect sense and what he says aligns with my thoughts, you may not agree of course and that is fine. Essentially Tomasz is asking "What is the point of sitting for hours at a computer instructing algorithms to produce a certain image?" His reasoning is very interesting and I urge you to have a look at the video it is only 6 minutes or so long. Here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDcQUgW7IN8

[Casablanca 🇬🇧]

That was fascinating. Very much resonate with his thinking and his reasoning is so interesting. Thank you

[Christine Sztukowski]

Thank you for sharing this link
I would never stop taking photographs as this viedo points out, we all have a personal style and we'd never want to loose that.
I use chat GPT because I do not have the talent of drawing or painting as many others do including my son, so I use chatGPT. I have often had feelings and strong desire to make visual what I feel. By using chatGPT I have been able to express a wonderland of childhood thoughts, spiritual meditation and past memories all of which brings me great joy and peace.

[JackieR]

I'd love to back in time and listen to what people said about Photoshop etc when that became readily available to all!

@365projectorgchristine no idea what this does, but I know teachers are concerned about it for assessments.

Thank you Andrew for this

[Vincent]

Great vidéo. Thanks for sharing.

[Jennifer Eurell]

People will try whatever tools they have on hand, and this will include AI. I was in a photography club 12-15 years ago and there was a definite division in the group between those that were keen to use Photoshop and those that were very much against it. One photographer took the bull by the horns and ran some Photoshop classes, and although I no longer live in that town I still see their photos and it is obvious that many have become very skilled in photo manipulation. I'm quite happy to have photos that are straight from the camera - or tweaked, filtered etc. and so far have only done one purposefully AI photo. I agree with Thomasz though - it is nice to do your own thing.

[Skip Tribby - ​🇺🇸 🇮🇱]

Thank you, Andrew, for posting this link. It is thought-provoking. We are all different, and we look at things differently. There was probably as big a difference of opinion when cameras went from film only to digital. Darkrooms versus digital manipulations. But after a period of time, digital was accepted by most, and now it is prevalent today. At the same time, I hope AI doesn't become prevalent in the future, where we would lose our ability of perception (recognizing light, shadow, color, texture, and mood), interpretation (from what angle should I take this photograph, what settings or lens should I use), and intention (What am I trying to express?)

[John Walton]

Since we all write and compose sentences differently, I would assume that the images produced by AI programmes could actually become 'individualised'.

[Sid]

@lumpiniman I agree John, I made the very same point in another similar thread on the site.
I think you have to look to the not too distant future to judge AI and I don’t like what I see. There has always been image manipulation, where that is done to perfect the end result, be that darkroom or photoshop, is perfectly acceptable but where an image is generated that has never been near a camera I abhor it. The scary thing is it will be increasingly more difficult to identify AI from the real thing as it incrementally improves itself…