And the winners of perpetual income are... ?
And the governments complicit in the plundering are... ?
And the humans who have become useless are...?

The scary thing about GPT-4o image generation is that it really enables people with no knowledge of graphic design to create the exact image in their mind�just by putting it into words. In seconds.

The scary thing about GPT-4o image generation is that it really enables people with no knowledge of graphic design to create the exact image in their mind�just by putting it into words. In seconds.

As long as you want a six fingered person with three arms and half a leg sitting in a chair that is floating in a room with two sources of sunlight.... ok, I exaggerate... they might have one full leg.

Ultimately, any illustrator photographer will find a hat full of things that need amending so, you do need to artistic skills to complete the image.... or you can use an image that will make your clients think your a bit daft... or lazy... and don't want to pay an artist / photographer the going rate...  being a cheapskate. It will do wonders for a companies PR because AI imagery is still very easy to spot.

The scary thing about GPT-4o image generation is that it really enables people with no knowledge of graphic design to create the exact image in their mind�just by putting it into words. In seconds.

The problem with photography is, it enables people to make an exact image, without having the skills or knowledge to draw or paint. Just by pushing a button on a box.

I don't like AI and I don't use it to make things, except humor or quick fun, but I also recognize that just like computers and cameras and other technology, you can't fight progress or or stop change.

As long as you want a six fingered person with three arms and half a leg sitting in a chair that is floating in a room with two sources of sunlight.... ok, I exaggerate... they might have one full leg.

That too. And three legged chairs or impossible mechanical features.

Maybe you can not fight progress, but real question is:  Is AI a progress?

The advent of AI is the revenge of those who have never learned any skills in life. Those who have never sweated over books, those who do not have the patience to wait, those who prefer everything immediately to those who invest in the long term, those who drink a young wine rather than an aged wine.

We will be overwhelmed by a tsunami of content of all kinds, but our human attention span remains the same. Who will watch all this content?

Maybe AI will watch content made by AI. There are already bots created by AI that increase the engagement of social profiles ... made by AI. 

For many people, it is all very beautiful. I will continue to take photographs while traveling, walking, and cycling ... until someone who appreciates the effort of a human and not a machine buys them.

I hope that this type of person who loves things made by humans will continue to exist.

Maybe you can not fight progress, but real question is:  Is AI a progress?

Not in the sense of things like, refrigeration instead of ice chests, or flying instead of railroads, but AI in many fields, may be able to simulate or discover things, that are useful, from data. I think too many comments here are using AI and a catch-all for computer generated images, when the whole field of machine leaning, goes much deeper and further.

We will be overwhelmed by a tsunami of content of all kinds, but our human attention span remains the same. Who will watch all this content?

There are already bots created by AI that increase the engagement of social profiles ... made by AI. 

Sorry the human attention span, is not the same. It's much shorter now. Go watch any old B&W movie from the classic era and start to see how people want everything right now and fast. There's no drawn out, slow development and sub-plots, most of the time. Go to a website and try to read content, text. You are assaulted by pop up ads, videos that self start with noise and audio. What ever happened to reading? 

Instead of a few network TV stations and some movie houses, we have streaming services and networks upon networks. New movies every month from places, that are churning out made for TV content. I sure can't watch all of that, and I don't want to. That's not AI, it's just making more and more, faster than ever.

The Facebook and other social media places, didn't call them AI, but since the start, we are led to believe that people with like minds, are posting what we agree with, and we are fed that, to keep us satisfied and interested. If your tendency is towards nature and the environment (as a simple example) and you are a liberal, you will get news that follows that and agrees. If someone is a conservative, and wants less government spending and waste, or a better protected border, they will get more stories supporting that. We are being programmed to think that the Internet, agrees and supports, our personal views, while opposing views are filtered out.

Sure I'd rather take my own photos, created by my hands and eyes. As amusement, artificially generated images are entertaining. The problem is, just like hand knit was replaced by machines, or any other craft that has been altered by machines, assembly that's done by robots, not humans. Machine made goods have replaced hand made, mostly. Clerical services that were done by people, have been replaced by computers.

AI isn't going to replace human made art and designs, it's just a new way to create easy and fast solutions for simple uses. Sure it's a killer for some crowdsourced images and will replace the need for many types or stock image. But AI can't replace, real photos of events, or real objects that need to be accurate, and can't cover the news. AI is too stupid to understand how things work and function.

Quote from: Mcrstckfllw on April 01, 2025, 08:45

The scary thing about GPT-4o image generation is that it really enables people with no knowledge of graphic design to create the exact image in their mind�just by putting it into words. In seconds.

The problem with photography is, it enables people to make an exact image, without having the skills or knowledge to draw or paint. Just by pushing a button on a box.

I don't like AI and I don't use it to make things, except humor or quick fun, but I also recognize that just like computers and cameras and other technology, you can't fight progress or or stop change.

THIS^ And it will only get better.

One other thing though...

a) For some people - typing prompts is "too much work". They still like it prepackaged and done for them. They still will.
b) "The more things change, the more they stay the same". I just met a "young" guy (20's) who was using a camera from the 1980's because film is "making a comeback". Polaroid is making a comeback (I actually bought one because it is cool printing it right away). People still use print for 'retro' effects. A good portion of the movie industry actually still films on "film" (not digital, I've spoken with reps that have said its simply because there is a certain 'quality' they can get that they can't with digital). People still take art classes. People still draw. People still like the chance of meeting their favorite actor in person (although some could actually literally be 'robots' and/or 'clones', but entirely different topic).

Yes, the "ai" companies (which aren't actually "ai", but simply sophisticated theft) are trying to make people dependent on it like a drug. But there is, and will still be a demand for people who can do sophisticated 3D rigs in blender 3D.

c) There literally are "flying cars" (aka drone hover cars, arabian "princes" using them), jetpacks, etc. But the pyschos want to keep all that 'tech' for themselves, so 100 YEARS later, people are still "driving" to work, "driving" to the beach, etc, etc. And there is actually lol a massive push for "EV" vehicles which is simply designed to restrict people's movement and even discourage driving. (Easier to keep the slaves all huddled up in their screens in apartment boxes in a dense city)... But you COULD fly in a car. You COULD hoverboard to work... yet... you probably still drive.

Yes, the "ai" cartel is here, was here before they announced it in 2023... (lol serious, it was SOOO funny - 2023 the "news" stations started broad-casting "AI OMFG! AI!") and then so many people considered themselves "knowledgeable" on the topic of "AI" because the "news" said so... but "ai" has existed 40-50+ years (probably even longer, but I personally know of it being around for 40-50 years simply because I USED "ai" languages a long time ago and actually programmed in them, and those languages were around for 40-50+ years).