Ciao ragazzi, are any of you experts in a.i.? can you distinguish whether a photo is AI or taken with a camera? there are many people around who don't know that this technique, although very interesting, has nothing to do with photography. Let's call it graphics, prompt engineering, computer science but it doesn't seem to me that becoming good at this technique has anything to do with being a good photographer. However, the results are truly remarkable at times and the temptation to be clever makes a man a thief.......

I don't agree. Photography is just one technique of fine arts, AI-generated pictures are another. But it is just the idea of a picture that counts, and how this idea is visualized. The technique itsself doesn't matter at all.

...most of those slightly hairy primates are playing dirty

Generating images with AI support is of course an interesting thing - I just don't like the hype so much. I deliberately use the word image and not photo, because there is a difference. You can also create a picture in other ways, e.g. by painting, and there are many creative ways to design your picture imaginatively. In my opinion, we only have a problem when someone passes off a photorealistic image as real. Such images are usually quite easy to recognize, but this is likely to become increasingly difficult in the future. There are also different directions in photography, e.g. more artistic photos or with a documentary character. Perhaps I have a somewhat conservative point of view, because I think the point of view, the message, the story and especially the emotions should be conveyed to the viewer - this is not necessarily a technical matter. This usually doesn't work with AI-generated images - at least not for me.

Of course, you shouldn't close yourself off to new things and experimenting is fun. Knowing how to create AI images can't hurt, especially with the possibilities. in my opinion, as is often the case in life, it depends on how you go about it.