Originally posted by othar That said I don't think they will completely take over the whole post processing work for everyone (for many people AI will take over all the work, but I think there will remain some photography enthusiasts who put more work into pp themself to get something unique)
This is the key to where I see AI going too, something mentioned by others earlier in this thread as well. AI will be good for certain things in PP and will in those instances be a game changer for saving time and improving the keeper rate. An important goal in business. And for those businesses there's a logic for that AI to step into the capture space as well as then composition and exposure will be 'perfect' and for those styles of shooting it will be really handy. And that is the dilemma we're really only getting to the start of with AI, what it can do and what we really should be doing with it.
As you've alluded to, there's not likely to be a complete takeover of all PP. It's good but is it right in all circumstances. For example we already have AI programs able to compose music. But who cares? Is music just sound that is rhythmic, or does it have a more emotional connection for people? I think the latter is important as no amount of AI could allow you to connect to a machine in the way you connect with your favourite singer/musician etc.
To explore that more, this recording of a Frank Sinatra track was created at the end of his relationship with Ava Gardner.
Here is a comment posted to YouTube on another upload of this track:
Frank co-wrote this song, (one of 7 he co-wrote) and recorded it in 1951 and again in 1957 -- "to want a love that can't be true, a love that's there for others too." He was married to Ava from 1951 to 1957, the year his divorce from her was final. (It is said he broke down in the recording studio while recording this, no doubt in 1957!) Notice his inflection on the phrase "then would come the time, WHEN I WOULD NEED YOU" -- I'm quite sure he felt the loss of her and it shows in this song -- his voice breaks just a bit on "you," which I'm sure was his 1957 version. So tender, yet so sad. (It would be 9 years before he would marry again, and that was over long before the divorce, which was 2 years after the marriage! He needed a woman, not a child, and 8 years later, he married a companion, which lasted until he died.) This song is on his album "Where Are You" a favorite album of mine, one of three that Frank called his "suicide albums!" I have them all, but this is a favorite.
As good as AI is and will no doubt become, the above is a human connection and where I think humans will still be the artists.
So I see photography the same. If it can be done by a machine, is it still art? These guys here:
Photomorphis. Photography Evolved. create a heavily processed style in their imagery. It's not to everyone's tastes, but i think that is the key here. We're humans, we're attracted by certain things and build a relationship with the creator(s) of that thing, whether it be music, painting, architecture or photography.
I hope you're right in thinking that there will remain humans who choose to create, no matter how good AI becomes.
Tas