Fake Memories, Promptography, and Generative AI, with Boris Eldagsen

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Sep 28, 2023

German media artist Boris Eldagsen discusses generative AI, including topics such as shared creativity, biases in AI training data, AI agencies, and the classification of generative AI. Eldasgen emphasizes the need to categorize photographs and AI-generated imagery differently and the advantages of a background in traditional photography and visual arts when dealing with AI.

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Philosophy and AI

Boris Eldagsen's philosophical studies inform his AI art.
He sees AI's diffusion model as mirroring Plato's theory of forms and Jung's collective unconscious.

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Shared Creativity

Creativity is shared between humans and AI in four ways, depending on the user's experience.
AI can be a co-pilot for experienced users or lead the process for novices.

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Prompting Tips

Use your photography experience when creating AI prompts.
Consider subject, action, location, emotion, and technical aspects like camera and lens.

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Artificial intelligence is a polarizing topic, and its rapid evolution within content creation has set our once familiar world on edge. To help demystify this gargantuan subject and add clarity to important concerns, we’re turning to an artist positioned at the very center of the debate between photography and AI imagery.

German media artist Boris Eldagsen made global headlines after entering his AI-generated image, “The Electrician,” in the Sony World Photography Awards. He won a top prize, and then ultimately declined the award due to a lack of open discussion about the need to categorize photographs and AI-generated imagery differently.

Join us for this frank and informative discussion about generative AI. Some of the diverse topics we cover include ways creativity is shared between man and machine, the effects of different languages (and even phrasing) when creating text prompts, inherent biases in AI training data and ways to counter this, the emergence of AI agencies, the newly created job title of Prompt Engineer, and much, much more.

And for those listeners who fear AI as a threat to their photo careers, our discussion ends on an upbeat note, with the classification of generative AI as a knowledge accelerator, being most beneficial to practitioners with a solid background in traditional photography and the visual arts. To quote Eldagsen, “For the first time in history, the older generation has an advantage...” We’ll let you listen to hear the end.

Guests: Boris Eldagsen

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