Lars BrücherDec 27, 2022
David Weinberger
Photographer treats photos of a model as a dataset so #AI can generate new photos without the model or the photographer. We're going through quantum leap in the plausibility of science fiction. https://petapixel.com/2022/12/21/photos-used-to-generate-ai-images-for-client-so-photographer-never-shoots-again/
Photos Used to Generate AI Images for Client So Photographer Never Shoots Again

He can create new images without leaving the office.

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Dec 27, 2022 at 2:45pmWeb
Show threadSimon LucyDec 27, 2022
@dweinberger
Just a different kind of theft.
Show threadHammancheezDec 27, 2022
@dweinberger and the complete devastation of the creative arts grassroots community income streams
Show threadShoq 🌿Dec 27, 2022

@dweinberger It begins…

In college, I studied with the futurist, FM-2030. He maintained that soon, many actors would be paid mostly for their faces, and earn royalties on every context they were used in.

Show threadLong Truong Dec 27, 2022
@shoq @dweinberger they're trying to skip the part where they pay royalties though
Show threadRobinDec 27, 2022
@dweinberger this photographer seems to already thrive on replicating other people’s work so that’s no surprise
Show threadRobinDec 27, 2022
@dweinberger I’m already repulsed by his work before the AI is even added
Show threadWJJHDec 27, 2022
@dweinberger No doubt the possibilities are endless and this is a new brave world we live in, but this is not for me.
Show threadicasticoDec 27, 2022

@dweinberger

The legal/copyrights infrastructure needs to get going on this issue stat as the ease with which this could be used to exploit models is astounding. Contracts need to include restrictions on use (e.g., no porn) and compensation for every subsequent image used for commercial purposes.

Show threadSebastian LasseDec 27, 2022

@dweinberger

Economic Problem:
Will not be used by Stock Photographers.
Will be used by the Agencies.
Oh, wait.
I meant by Getty.

Show threadDan YorkDec 27, 2022

@dweinberger Fascinating. Thanks for sharing. It's perhaps a natural evolution of where things have been going with, for instance, dead actors being recreated in movies via CG.

It's not surprising... but wow will this open up a vast array of legal and financial issues.

As well as further eroding any sense of whether we can trust how "real" images may be.

Show threadDavid WeinbergerDec 28, 2022
@danyork Agreed, but how real are photos of models that are lit, posed, framed & adjusted by photographers? How much do you trust that you'd recognize one you met without all that? Yes, there's a difference when it's AI, but mainly b/c of the legal issues you mention.
Show threadpchestekDec 27, 2022
@dweinberger Would love to see the model release for this one