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The discourse around photography and art reminds me exactly of the discourse around AI and art too: https://medium.com/@aaronhertzmann/how-photography-became-a
by api 1y ago
The discourse around photography and art reminds me exactly of the discourse around AI and art too:
https://medium.com/@aaronhertzmann/how-photography-became-an-art-form-7b74da777c63 https://medium.com/@aaronhertzmann/how-photography-became-an...
In some cases pieces I've read on AI and art contain phrases or paragraphs that are almost word for word identical to photography and art discourse. There were moral panics around photography too, especially its obvious use in pornography. There was of course pornographic drawing and painting before (we've found it in ancient Egyptian structures!) but photography took it to a new level.
- lblume 1y agoA counterpoint: photography enabled integrity and authenticity of images, which fueled journalistic credibility, in general becoming one part in fostering a high-trust society. AI image generation leads to these advances being slowly eradicated as generated images increasingly cannot be differentiated from unfabricated evidence. In this light, photography was socially progressive, while AI generation of photorealistic images could be seen as regressive.
- MattJ100 1y ago> photography enabled integrity and authenticity of images, which fueled journalistic credibility Countercounterpoint: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairies
- nextaccountic 1y agoAlso https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Yezhov#/media/File:Nikolai_Yezhov_with_Stalin_and_Molotov_along_the_Volga%E2%80%93Don_Canal,_orignal.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Yezhov#/media/File:Nik... (original image) vs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Yezhov#/media/File:Stalin_and_Molotov_along_the_Volga%E2%80%93Don_Canal,_Nikolai_Yezhov_removed.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Yezhov#/media/File:Sta... (edited image) With photography, you could produce images that look authentic, and could convince people because they are photos, but are actually hoaxes
- kjkjadksj 1y agoDark room magic is as old as the art. As is the case then as it is now, you can’t trust a photo without an unbroken chain of provenance. One of the most famous film photographs is of course on alleging the lochness monster.
- throwaway290 1y agoPhotography does not involve automated large scale stealing intellectual property from other photographers without crediting or paying them