I don’t really have anything against AI art, MidJourney, StableDiffusion etc

But it’s pissing me off more than a little bit how so many people post AI art claiming it’s art photography.

I see a ton of it on Flickr. Average and mediocre photographers suddenly from 2022 onward start posting these wonderful images with flawless colorwork and super cool black and whites. Labeled as photography. But then you zoom in and realize… oh right. It’s AI. And this guy is a fraud. Damn.

Again, I have nothing against the thing in itself. But claiming it’s photography is fraudulent. And it’s super scifi nightmarish to have to constantly be on the lookout for what might be real photos and what’s AI. And worst of all, very shortly we won’t be able to tell at all.

What if I really just want to admire photography? Why don’t these platforms do something about this shit?

Anyway… would love to hear your thoughts about that. Cheers.

  • aehiiBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Koci Hernandez did a lot of street shots on his phone, deletes his account often, again did that and has switched to creating an AI company, seemingly to me out of nowhere. AI imagery isn’t computer generated from nothing is it? It’s computer generated from all the photos available out there. If you’re for AI visual imagery, you’re for theft. Obviously, the capitalistic machine is so strong that you will get people who were/are into candid street doing AI imagery to make money even though it should go against everything they stand for.