Opinion | A.I. Is the Future of Photography. Does That Mean Photography Is Dead?
Gideon Jacobsnytimes.com
Opinion | A.I. Is the Future of Photography. Does That Mean Photography Is Dead?
AI image generation is essentially a truncated exercise in taste; a product of knowing which inputs and keywords to feed the image-mashup machine, and the eye to identify which outputs contain any semblance of artistry. All that is to say: AI itself can’t generate good taste for you.
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
That is: we don’t—we can’t—remember everything. Humans are at least as lossy as AI is, but the details we keep matter. Two people can attend a party and leave with entirely different impressions; 300 million can witness the same election and debate whether a fraud or landslide has occurred. A photograph says more about its creator than its subject.... See more
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People keep asking me about AI and I really think how you feel about AI comes down to whether you believe art is about producing things (images, objects, data files, “content”) or about a way of operating in the world as an intellectual, spiritual, and emotional creature.
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Sterling Crispin
@sterlingcrispin
The 'problem with AI art' stems from deep rooted cultural, psychological, and educational differences.
Some key issues:
- Most people mistakenly conflate craft with art.
- Most don't know the last hundred years of art history, or intentionally reject it outright.
- Most people fear change, and adapting your model of th... See more
@sterlingcrispin
The 'problem with AI art' stems from deep rooted cultural, psychological, and educational differences.
Some key issues:
- Most people mistakenly conflate craft with art.
- Most don't know the last hundred years of art history, or intentionally reject it outright.
- Most people fear change, and adapting your model of th... See more