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100% Human

            I wanted to talk a little about Artificial Intelligence and my purpose is to engage other photographers in a thoughtful discussion.  I have already reached out to friends of mine who are photographers that I don't know from Flickr but in real life (What is that?!?!) and have heard their perspectives.  Basically, most photographers use Photoshop or Light Room to some extent to manipulate photos and that has been happening for some time and has admittedly become something I use too but, at some point, I am worried that humans aren't going to be using their brains at all and then what's the point of being human???

I've heard about some of the ideas behind being the creative impulse still and basically being a sort of still life director of what you want.  I think there's a real economic advantage in terms of being able to have incredible backgrounds for portrait photos you've taken, too, from what I have heard.  

But, where I feel like I am very much drawing the line at is street photography.  It took quite a long time for me personally to work up the nerve to do street photography myself. I just was so worried I would inadvertently get people mad by taking their photos.  Yet, the moment you ask the person in front of you of you have permission to take their photograph (even if the answer is yes), you eliminate the spontaneity of that moment when this human was existing in a space simply being just and only themselves and that is something important to consider.  Over the years with facial recognition software, I've become a little more conflicted, especially at political protests, because my need to document the moment should never surpass the need for personal privacy and protections.  Weighing all of these ethical dilemmas results in a serious migraine.  AI would surely eliminate some of these fears. 

On the flip side, the reason I was drawn to street photography has a lot to do with my internal need to capture what it means to be human and a lot of that is lost when you resort to AI where it's all your own ideas vs. a chance to learn something from others, risky or not.  When you put yourself out there to capture that moment, you have to wait, you have to use split of the moment reflexes, and you have to use pretty much every facet of your brain's sulci and gryi.  It challenges you both philosophically and neurologically.  You learn to be an acute judge of micro-expressions, patterns of movement, and predictor of what may happen now and next from thousands of possibilities.  You might be the only one there to capture a specific moment (Which is why I sometimes enjoy this more than concert photography) and all of this is in addition to being able to gauge a sense of light, shadow, saturation levels, and perspective.  It really requires a higher level of cognitive reasoning, risk, and patience that photographing portraits, nature, or concerts doesn't always involve (although sometimes does). 

Basically, are we going to keep using our brains?  Because, AI can allow a person who has had a stroke to control their speech areas and communicate or AI can contribute to the obsoluteness of true artists who are yearning to document real moments in the world. 

Then again, are there any genuine moments if everything is from the perspective of the photographer, a human privileged enough to have a camera?

I'd love to hear your thoughts!!

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Taken on: July 5, 2023

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Camera: Canon EOS 5DS R, f/13.0, 1/320 sec, 24mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

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