Can we talk about that guy who said AI art would kill photography?

Last month a dude in my local camera club told me AI generators would make real photographers obsolete by 2025. I called him crazy. Then I spent $80 on a trial of Midjourney and spent three hours trying to make a decent portrait of my dog. It looked like a melted sock. Has anyone else had people oversell AI like it's magic when it still can't do basic stuff?

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logansullivan7d ago

I mean, the "AI will kill photography by 2025" thing is just funny now. I remember that same kind of talk when digital cameras came out, like film was gonna vanish overnight. But here's something nobody brings up: AI generators can't capture a real moment. Like, you can't ask Midjourney to show your grandkid's face when they see a balloon for the first time. That's not a technical problem, it's a human one. Even when AI gets better at making fake dog portraits, it still won't have the memory or the feeling that makes a photo matter.

sandra1467d ago

That line about not being able to capture a real moment is exactly it, @logansullivan. I see this same pattern everywhere now, people think anything with "AI" in the name is going to replace the human parts of life. My cousin tried to use an AI resume writer and it made up jobs that didn't exist, but he still argued it was "the future." People are just desperate for easy answers and don't want to admit that some things still need a person behind them.