Re: The negative effects AI is having on traditional photography .....
Loss of interest.
When I looked deeply into AI and discovered what it is capable of doing, the image quality some emerging platforms are capable of, and where all of this is headed, I lost much of the interest I had in photography.
The world is busy oohing and ahhing over perfected images, of places and things that either don't exist or don't exist as they are shown. With tens of billions of these produced each year, adding more, and less perfect, pretty pictures to the pile seems pointless. AI generated images will only become more perfect, the quantities will only grow, and people will only be more impressed by them.
Adding more and less perfect images to the pile seems pointless in this environment. I still find it worthwhile to hike, explore, and experience the outdoors. I still take pictures, but only to keep for myself as souvenirs. I still put them on my old website because it's easy, cheap, and easily accessible. I don't care if anyone else sees them. To some extent I continue doing this out of habit. I've always done it and have all of the equipment, so why not? If I was younger I'd only be collecting souvenirs with my phone.
I wonder if people will become so accustomed to and accepting of AI generated images of nature, that they won't know, and/or will care less about, the deterioration of the real thing.
Feb 21, 2026 at 05:13 PM
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