Software is nowadays as real as any physical object.

Your camera does work - besides having electronics - because it has a couple of millions of lines of code inside.

Airplanes flight on software, soon cars will also drive all by themselves ... by "non physical" software.

I have more money invested in software than what my computers are worth.

No, my friend, AI is *very real*

It will write bestsellers, win court cases, etc. by the end of this decade.

Watch and see.

Like every thing else AI (real or just a name for sales) is a tool to be used or not. I use two of the Topaz AI apps but I still tweak and do things to the image on my own. And some images never see the AI apps.

Someone just mentioned depending on things like Auto ISO. Well, been there done that, in a box I have a "Pro" level spot meter from back in the late 60's or early 70's. I bought it for a class on Adam's Zone System. The 1° spot meter in my Miranda Sensorex went out and the repair people put in a 2° or 3° replacement the 1° was only sold in Japan where I bought the camera on R&R. It has a pistol grip and a zip up black leather belt holster for carrying. Looks just about like the holster and "phase pistols" on Star Trek Enterprise and only slightly smaller. It used to get second and third looks by people when I had it on my belt - including a few cops.
I like Auto ISO, I use "manual mode" select the SS and f/stop and let the camera's meter on auto ISO do the metering. It saves me carrying something like that meter. If you do some thinking you know where to point the camera before you lock the exposure to get the same results that meter got.

I realize AI has been around for decades. Back in the late 90s or so, I wrote a program that learned about animals. If I had an infinite sized hard drive and ran the program long enough it would learn every creature that exists or has existed. So, I'm well aware of AI. I'm also aware of and agree with Blake's statement that nothing can replace hard work and experience. Too many people want to bypass that aspect of photography.

AI as presented in the video and this post is aimed at those who want to bypass the experience and hard work part. It may or may not work well for them. In the context of the discussion, AI is a buzzword. As I stated before, it's aimed at those who want software that will make them the photographer they couldn't be on their own.

Here's another small fact totally unrelated to photography. The space shuttle was capable of handling the entire re-entry including landing without human interaction. However, they did let the pilot take over just before landing because pilots are supposed to do that sort of thing.

I'd suggest watching the video. The examples at the end are very enlightening.
--Bob

I just got a new iPad Pro 12.9" to replace a ~10 years old pad. I'm very impressed with the new device especially the Retina display. I installed LR CC and viewed some images synced from LR Classic.
Now I have a problem with the images on my PC - they are 1920 to 1080 which used to be the standard but look really not great compared with the iPad.
So I'm considering upgrading my 27" monitor. I don't print images, I don't sell anything. I've looked at, say BenQ, quite a few choices. They have several 4K monitors at a range of prices. What would be an adequate monitor other than having 4k resolution? It doesn't have to be a BenQ, just any make that offers quality monitors.

Thanks in advance, Sam