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Creative Bloq
Creative Bloq
Technology
Beth Nicholls

How badly has AI actually affected photography?

World Photography Day (don't reuse).

There's a lot of discussion right now over AI stealing from artists and killing creativity, but rarely talk of a solution. What can we actually do about all of the "AI slop" besides boycotting it, watermarking it, or whinging about it?

Photographers are collectively giving AI the finger by leaning into the beauty of human error, and I absolutely love this notion. The medium is moving away from the pursuit of perfection, and shifting towards authenticity, sincerity, storytelling, and emotion - something that AI cannot truly conjure.

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