Another thing that ChatGPT and AI can never ascertain for us; how photography matters:
How and why does photography matter?
Well first and foremost, walking by the Apple office on Washington and seeing all these lovely photographs shot on what I assume is an iPhones; the photos are actually insanely lovely! It seems that the aesthetic trend is towards simplicity and elegance, and I think that the Apple Photos team there has done a great job of creating the images, creating colorful collages, etc.
What I personally love is the human element. That is, to me, the best photographs are the ones which include a human element. Why? There is nothing more beautiful than humans, the human body, human beings etc.
The future for photography
Some other good thoughts I have been gleaning from chatGPT and DALL-E: the artwork it creates is very fascinating, but ultimately… It all just looks like clipart. Do you remember the random clipart that you had from Microsoft Word 95, with a little paper clip? Yeah kinda like that.
What I think is so impressive about the artwork that ChatGPT produces is that it is very very random unexpected, and I love the randomness aspect. I think I could play with ChatGPT and DALL-E for the rest of my life, and never get bored.
So where does photography enter the picture?
Well first and foremost, I am sure that sooner or later, ChatGPT and image AI will be able to produce images that indeed do look photorealistic. But ultimately that is not what really matters… what really matters instead is the fun that we human beings have simply walking around, exploring, making photographs!
I think there is this weird trend in Silicon Valley to make everything more efficient, more productive, etc. I think the low-key ethos with a lot of the silicon valley nurse is that ultimately they want to see AI and artificial intelligence surpass human beings. They want to make human beings irrelevant.
I instead, have a much more simple ancient Greek approach; I have a trend towards simplicity, childlike fun, play, not taking things too seriously, etc.