AI Won a Photo Contest: "German photographer Boris Eldagsen won the creative open category at last week's Sony World Photography Award with the AI-generated image. Eldagsen claims he...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

"German photographer Boris Eldagsen won the creative open category at last week's Sony World Photography Award with the AI-generated image. Eldagsen claims he entered the photo to test the competition and to drive a conversation about the future of photography."

Along the same lines, AI has been imitating professional singers. For good or for bad, AI is here to stay. I suspect "bad" is going to win.

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Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

jerryc41 wrote:

i "German photographer Boris Eldagsen won th... (show quote)

I suspect it is and you’re right ‘bad’ is currently winning…like anything else, AI will be as good or bad as the person or institution using it. Congress and lawmakers have reason to worry

ELNikkor

Blaster34 wrote:

I suspect it is and you’re right ‘bad’ is currently winning…like anything else, AI will be as good or bad as the person or institution using it. Congress and lawmakers have reason to worry

AI Congress and Lawmakers, Ai Lawyers and Judges? How 'bout AI Presidents, VP's? I suppose couldn't be much worse than what we've seen from those with "real" "intelligence"...

Cheetah34 Loc: Virginia Beach

Well said.

moonhawk Loc: Land of Enchantment

AI, like any other cleverly arranged bunch of logic gates, only does what it's told to do. So whether it's "Good" or "Bad" depends entirely on who's doing the telling.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Check out what Elon Musk has to say about AI. NOT good! But everything has an upside and a downside!

JD750 Loc: SoCal

jerryc41 wrote:

i "German photographer Boris Eldagsen won th... (show quote)

AI has the potential or maybe is already there to exceed human intelligence quota.

As noted by CPO Elon Musk has said (paraphrasing) ‘humans have survived for eons by being smarter than all the other animals. We are entering a new era in which humans are not the smartest creatures anymore’

It’s really not that AI is good or bad. The problem is our society is not ready for this. We don’t have the necessary controls, laws, guidelines and mores to control its use.

This is why Elon suggests we pause AI development. But that won’t happen.

Get ready for a wild ride.

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

jerryc41 wrote:

i "German photographer Boris Eldagsen won th... (show quote)

If it’s not created by light can it be called photography?

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

Mac wrote:

If it’s not created by light can it be called photography?

Read the article all the way to the end. The photographer had very specific motives for entering and specific responses to winning.

There has been another discussion going on about this for three days already. Unfortunately, it may be on the way to The Attic due to an unfortunate comment this morning.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

larryepage wrote:

Read the article all the way to the end. The photographer had very specific motives for entering and specific responses to winning.

There has been another discussion going on about this for three days already. Unfortunately, it may be on the way to The Attic due to an unfortunate comment this morning.

one Troll’s post won’t cause that but if UHHers take the bait then it will get kicked to the attic. The best response to a Troll’s bait is no response. Hopefully that is what will happen.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Mac wrote:

If it’s not created by light can it be called photography?

If it's created by light and mutilated by post processing can it be called photography!

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Retired CPO wrote:

If it's created by light and mutilated by post processing can it be called photography!

I think Mac has a good point.
To Photograph means to paint with light. If you record a photograph then change it you are still starting with the painting with light. If AI doesn’t take the photograph, control the camera , or at least start with an image file, then it’s not truly a photograph. It’s a computer generated graphic masquerading as a photograph. I.e., it’s a FAKE! 😂

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

JD750 wrote:

AI has the potential or maybe is already there to ... (show quote)

Has the human race ever been prepared to deal with "progress"? Dynamite, nuclear energy...

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

Retired CPO wrote:

If it's created by light and mutilated by post processing can it be called photography!

I think I think so. It started with light.

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

JD750 wrote:

I think Mac has a good point.
To Photograph means to paint with light. If you record a photograph then change it you are still starting with the painting with light. If AI doesn’t take the photograph, control the camera , or at least start with an image file, then it’s not truly a photograph. It’s a computer generated graphic masquerading as a photograph. I.e., it’s a FAKE! 😂

I agree with what you said and I like the way you said it.