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Artist Refuses Prize After His AI Image Wins at Top Photo Contest
An artist is refusing his prize after his AI-generated image controversially won first place at one of the most prestigious photo contests.
petapixel.com
A photographer has stirred up fresh controversy and debate after his AI image won first prize at one of the world’s most prestigious photography competitions. He has since declined to accept the prize while the contest has remained silent on the matter.
“I applied as a cheeky monkey, to find out, if the competitions are prepared for AI images to enter. They are not,” he states. “We, the photo world, need an open discussion. A discussion about what we want to consider photography and what not. Is the umbrella of photography large enough to invite AI images to enter – or would this be a mistake?
To be honest, it looks like an AI generated image. Looking at the hands is the giveaway (AI seems to struggle with hands, doesn’t it), but it has an air of an AI image beyond that. I’m surprised it wasn’t picked up by the judges - don’t competitions with prizes usually ask for original files / EXIF data and suchlike for submissions?
It’ll be an interesting debate.