Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

Both at the same time

pithydoug Loc: Catskill Mountains, NY

Whether we like it or not, being paid for photos for advertisement will likely dwindle. Sorry, it's all about profit and if it's cheap to generate your own, I suspect it will dwindle to just philographers who appreciate the art! We went from outhouses to indoor plumbing, horse and buggy to cars, Tv antennas to cable, etc etc.

Rokko Loc: Minneapolis

Not everyone would see the problems I did, but may people who have spent a lot of time observing nature would.

The OP used AI to produce a landscape image and then asked what readers thought of it.

Some readers have commented negatively on technical aspects of the picture. My comments went to content. Those comments all directly address the OP's question. The picture is pleasant, but discerning viewers will see that some of what the AI did was problematic.

Some people, including you, like the picture. You and others are certainly entitled to like it. To each his own.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Yes, it's so interesting to see so many variations on viewer's perceptions.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

If it is approximately correct they precisely will.
Does a hamburger from Burger King look like the advertised?
A lawsuit is going on now but how many complaints are there?
None except for the fruit loop trying to make the news. Millions will be sold today, tomorrow and on.
Same with other photos let alone the landscape.
Will the same birds, animals and sexy bikini clad women be there? I bet it is more likely crowded beaches with fat old people lines of cars and dozens pushing each other around to get the cell phone shot of the buffalo or the canyon etc.

srt101fan

I’m just trying to figure out why some people are so concerned about AI intruding in the photographic universe. What are the specific “threats”. 🤔

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Simply an additional tool in the toolbox.

bittermelon

Maybe not in landscape, but certainly immense possibility of threats in news photography and videography.

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

6 pages and more to come- not a bad conversation.

So, the picture post by OP is a nice scene but it ain't photography in the traditional sense. It might as well have been a painting, a watercolor, a pastel, or whatever medium. In other mediums and art forms, we accept brushstrokes, various interpretations, representations, abstractions, or impressions of water, foliage, ducks, or whatever. In a PHOTOGRAPH some of us wanthe water to run off the print or screen and the duck to QUACK!

So there is photography, painting, graphics, sculpture, basket weaving, and AI- all separated?

As for "landscape"photogahy being sold commercially. Who are the buyers? If they are aficionados of fine art photogahy, they will stick to photography. Calander publishers? May go Ai if it is cheaper unless the are theme clanders- dogs, pussycats, flowers, whatever. National Geographic- AI? I don't think so!

In commercial photography for advertising, etc. That's what I do for a living. Will my entire lot be replaced by robots? Not anytime soon. It's just that the folks who want to stay in the game will have to up the game and produce products that robots cannot. Human relations are still part of business life. Add agencies and advertisers still need to appeal to potential clients and they need to come up with creative concepts. These concepts will oftentimes be presented to commercial photographers who have to create the visuals. In many cases that is still the stuff of HUMAN emotion, creativity, and teamwork.

Photojournalism? I have not yet seen a robot with a press card! Sadly, it wouldn't be a bad idea, many photojournalists have been killed in war zones.

Not using photography for advertising illustration is not new. There are some high fashion retailers who prefer "fashion illustration" and sometimes pen and ink drawings just to show the lines and concept of a garment that a detailed photogahy. AI might be the way the go!

AI is comparatively new in the general photography scene. New things oftentimes become the latest "bogeymen that are going to destroy or endanger traditional photography". There are still some reactionary folks who feel digital photogahy ain't real. After a while, all the new technologies find their niche somewhere in traditional photography work either as a part of the process or as special effects. Some folks will utilize them and some will not!

There will always be a market for traditional photography. The people who want to be paid for their work have to get better at it and market it more effectively. Commercial photographers are not brain surgeons, rocket scientists, or lawyers. We do not deal in life or death, space travel, or justice. We are artists, craftspersons, and/or technicians and we have a product/service to sell and we need to keep it desirable. If you are a hobbyist/enthusiast-worry not! You can take AI or leave it- the robots ain't coming for your camera or your enjoyment of the craft!

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ROTFLMFAO

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Exactly. Hardly a "profession".

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We can quibble about your main points, but that last line really sums it up very well. No argument about that part !

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There a solid contingent of Hawgsters who just love to feel offended ... nothing to apologize about. You give them reason to live !

cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

Where is landscape photography headed?

Hopefully to landscapes.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

An AI image is not a photograph, and should not be called a photograph. Look up the etymology of the word photograph: https://www.etymonline.com/word/photography
A photograph that is post processed using AI is an AI modified photograph.