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AI generated image wins Sony Photography Award

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Craig Dick

By Craig Dick, 1681487657

Stumbled across this article just now, and immediately ran (well my thumbs did) to the PP forums.

As someone who has embraced Midjourney to help with day to day work life, I’m still leaning more towards the anti ai images in the case of replacing photography.

So to see it winning the Open Category of this years Sony Photography awards is slightly troubling.

I imagine we’re all in the same boat, wielding flaming pitchforks towards the robotic uprising?

Is it a good image? Worthy of the win?

In my opinion, not really… it has many hallmarks of ai imagery, even without the dodgy hands we’ve all come to know and love.

The article in question: https://www.thephoblographer.com/2023/04/06/photography-awards-judges-need-to-do-better/

And Twitter thread I’d found it on: https://twitter.com/javilopen/status/1646804222187393030?s=46&t=iEKvhMjq-392511ncxjLPA

Please excuse me not linking the articles correctly, I’m using my cellular telephone to bash this out.

On reflection, I should have had ChatGPT write this post, damn.

Anyway, happy Friday etc…

BLA@K said, 1681488639

Totally wrong in my very humble opinion it says "sony photography awards" so it should be a camera generated image with a human involved not a computer programme

BasAndrews said, 1681488975

https://www.thephoblographer.com/2023/04/06/photography-awards-judges-need-to-do-better/

https://twitter.com/javilopen/status/1646804222187393030?s=46&t=iEKvhMjq-392511ncxjLPA

This post probably failed as a human tried to copy and paste.


Edited by BasAndrews

A R G E N T U M said, 1681490460

Bring back wooden tennis rackets, and put the engines in the front of F1 cars where they belong 😆

Proper tennis player:

Bjorn Borg Biography, Achievements, Career Stats, Records & Career Info - Sportskeeda

StuArtful2 said, 1681492526

That thumb in the bottom rhc should've been a dead give away.

Tarmoo said, 1681493873

AI images have won some Art competitions e.g. back in Sep 2022 ... https://www.creativebloq.com/news/ai-art-wins-competition

will white said, 1681493941

It is a nice image though..

Perception said, 1681494864

Those hands are making me feel uncomfortable , plus both peoples eyes being in focus !! And the clothing totally devoid of texture , and that horrible blue bits in the sepia image. Although the idea was nice.

CalmNudes said, 1681495561

There was so much photoshop in blog post that showed the finalists that it stopped being a photography competition - why insist that it starts with a photo and not a cybergraph? It's not straight from the AI system, but why the judges didn't pick up the AI-isms (fingers / arms being wrong, the asymmetric sleeve / creased arm the downright weird in / out-of focus areas is beyond me.

Malbon said, 1681496647

Again with the weirdly deformed hands. Nice.

Tarmoo said, 1681497268

The artist has refused this prize ... see https://petapixel.com/2023/04/14/artist-refuses-prize-after-his-ai-image-wins-at-top-photo-contest/

BC2024 said, 1681497929

A R G E N T U M said

Bring back wooden tennis rackets, and put the engines in the front of F1 cars where they belong 😆

Proper tennis player:

Bjorn Borg Biography, Achievements, Career Stats, Records & Career Info - Sportskeeda


+1

Let's welcome A.I. into the world of photography.

Any different from an award winning "human" photographer?

There seems to be some serious anti - A.I. , Isaac Asimov nonsense going on here.

Perception said, 1681498091

Σ OI Σ said

A R G E N T U M said

Bring back wooden tennis rackets, and put the engines in the front of F1 cars where they belong 😆

Proper tennis player:

Bjorn Borg Biography, Achievements, Career Stats, Records & Career Info - Sportskeeda


+1

Let's welcome A.I. into the world of photography.

Any different from an award winning "human" photographer?

There seems to be some serious anti - A.I. , Isaac Asimov nonsense going on here.


Nonsense, Im very Pro AI, im using it heavily at work and now in my own photography process, but that image is just bad. 

-sp●●n- said, 1681498167

Embrace technology or fall behind, that is the stark reminder.

BC2024 said, 1681498264

me too, very pro AI (just being nice because AI will rule over us in the near future and anyone who was mean to it now is going to paying later)

I was referring to those that are dead set against AI.

Russ Freeman (staff) said, 1681498325

Ouch.

Sony, a maker of cameras, has experienced their Nathan moment...


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