AI In Photography

AI. Artificial Intelligence. It’s big. Real big. And, when it comes to photography, there are two main types of AI. There is the type that analyzes your photos and then makes certain corrections based on what AI has ‘learned’ from hundreds of thousands of other photos.

For example, AI software may have learned from other photos how to define what an image’s main subject is and keep it sharp when performing noise removal. It may have learned what is important in a photo so that when you attempt to sharpen an image only the appropriate portions are sharpened.

And then there is the other type of AI. The kind where you input keywords and the software outputs an image that it constructs, based on hundreds of thousands of other images, none of which are yours. Clearly, the result is not a photograph that you took. Some might not call the output a photograph at all, but would call it digital art, as opposed to photography. And I wouldn’t argue with that in the least. There are a lot of disparate ideas about this type of AI, and, dare I say, disparate emotions as well…on both sides.

I did, however, run across this video which is admittedly one-sided that I, nonetheless, wanted to share. My personal feeling favors what Sam says, but am certainly open to hearing other opinions. The video is definitely worth a listen no matter where you stand!

If you are receiving this post via email, the video will not come along with it. The video can be viewed by clicking this link: https://youtu.be/5Viy3Cu3DLk

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