The Evolution of Photography: From Authentic Moments to AI-Generated Images
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Summary
The article reflects on how photography has evolved from capturing authentic, magical moments to becoming distorted by AI and social media. It discusses how photos used to be physical artifacts that told real stories, but now generative AI and easy sharing have blurred the line between reality and artificial creation, making it difficult to distinguish what's real.
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AI has blurred the line. Generative AI now creates any image we can imagine.
We've started to lose sight of what is real. We've lost our ability to find our bearings in a world of artificial images.
Capture verifiably real moments in the age of Generative AI.
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