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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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AI fraud (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by manjamanga@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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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.

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[–] toilets_for_sale@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I’ve had to unfollow several folks on Flickr as they’re not shooting anymore just typing prompts into AI generators.