AI photography - things are changing

So my oldest son was home for Father's Day and he was showing me how AI can generate different photos. Started with something simple like typing in "beach sunset" and a number of photos were generated, all were capable of being PP. Then added the term "with dog" and even more photos. Pretty impressive (and scary) as they looked good (on a cell phone) but none were real. Seems like a real disrupter for stock photography for sure.

Some pretty good discussions an AI photography here
https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1529281
and here
https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1529710

I have been playing with the tools included in PS and I have to say, even for traditional post processing it's a game changer. I have been using it to restore old family photos, a process that was very time consuming. It has shortened the process to just a few minutes.

I used it the other day; I did a self-portrait for my work profile pic and needed a little more headroom, and used Generative Fill. It was something simple to add background it was pretty useful.

I was thinking it was both pretty cool as well as kind of sad...

duckster wrote in post #19531910
I was thinking it was both pretty cool as well as kind of sad...

I suppose where on the photography spectrum you fall. For those trying to earn some $$ this probably wont be a good thing. For those that do this for the enjoyment of image creation, it's a wonderful tool.

Yes, exactly. I do feel badly for those photographers whom might see a reduction in their livelihood.

duckster wrote in post #19531895
Seems like a real disrupter for stock photography for sure.

There will need to be a lawsuit soon because the current view of the US copyright office is that these images don't qualify for copyright protection.... makes selling them as stock harder (but not impossible).

"Anyone can Photoshop now, thanks to AI’s latest leap
A new ‘generative fill’ AI capability can create joyful Photoshop edits — and frightening deepfakes"

https://www.washington​post.com …p-generative-fill-review/