Much like the big shifts that photography saw with the widespread availability of digital cameras and the Internet, the increasing prevalence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the industry is causing a shift in how we capture, edit, and manage our images.
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Whether one is a casual hobbyist with a smartphone or a full-time professional photographer with high-end equipment, AI is found in the cameras, lighting, and software that come together to make modern photographs. The Computer Ate My Photos is an exploration of all things AI as it relates to the world of photography.The Basics of Artificial Intelligence and Photography
The beginning of the book lays the groundwork of how we got to our current state, with a primer on current photography technology and an introduction to the world of artificial intelligence. AI is introduced in easy to understand scenarios that help anyone understand the general concepts explored later in the book.Artificial Intelligence in Photo Hardware and Software
The next section of the book includes several chapters on how AI assists with image capture in various camera scenarios, how it can assist us in retouching and other image editing work, and how AI is simplifying the sometimes-daunting tasks involved with managing, searching, and maintaining our image library. Discussions include technologies available today with an eye towards possibilities coming in the near-future.The Future of Photography
Finally, multiple chapters explore how artificial intelligence is shaping the future of photography. There's an exploration of the various moral and ethical issues which have come to light through the application of photo-centric AI technology. Readers will learn about the possibilities of AI-generated artwork. And the book wraps up with a look at what artificial intelligence may mean for the future of the photographer themselves. Will AI mean they're automated out of a job, or will the photographic role continue in new forms. Time will tell, but the author makes some educated predictions.
Author(s): Aaron Hockley
Publisher: Independently published
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 188
The Computer Ate My Photos
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Photography Aaron Hockley
Copyright
About the Author
Dedication
1. Welcome to the Third Shift
Hello Internet
Digital Cameras Everywhere
Technical Plus Creative Equals Photography
The Third Shift
2. Technical Plus Creative Plus Computers
Computers and the Technical Realm
Computers and the Creative Realm
An Evolution
3. Words: What Do They Even Mean?
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Computational Photography / Illumination / Imaging
Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)
Machine Learning
4. It Starts in the Camera
I Spy… a Face
Eye Autofocus Tracking
Your Style, Straight Out of the Camera
You Can Blink if You Want To
Hands-Free Shutters?
No, Not the Bad Kind of HDR
Seeing in the Dark
When Digital Zoom Got Good
The Dynamically-Updating Camera
5. Showdown: Traditional Cameras vs. Smartphones
Traditional Camera Manufacturers Suck at Software
Smartphone Makers Are Innovating in Software
Stack Your Chips
Everyone Will Look to AI
6. Meanwhile, Outside the Camera…
Follow the Bouncing AI
Add AI on Your Hotshoe
7. “Better” According to Whom?
What is Better, Anyway?
Neural Image Assessment
The Applications
8. After Capture: AI in Post
Select This
HDR for Better or Worse
Out of the Shadows...
...And Into the Sky?
Content-Aware Magic
Treating People Differently
Improving the Scan
Restoration and Colorization
Groups Are Made of People
Don’t Go Chasing Watermarks
Whither Traditional Textures?
From Still to 3D
9. Alexa, Make a Picture?
Voice on Your Smartphone
Seek With Your Voice
Quickly Show Off Your Images at Home
Voice to Camera?
But What About…
10. Meta About Metadata
Image Capture Metadata
Metadata in the Frame: Keywords
Where the Heck Are We?
What Just Happened?
What's the Genre?
Meta In a Mood
What Can’t We See?
All This Metadata: Is It Necessary?
11. Private AIs are Watching You
What Guides Privacy Expectations?
In a World of AI and Photography Automation, What Changes?
Is This Good for the Company?
Metaprivacy
AI vs. AI
12. What is Photography?
What is a Camera?
Who Is Still Buying Traditional Cameras?
What is a Photography Company?
13. Photography Not for Photography’s Sake
AI for Accessibility
Seeing What We Can’t See
Seeing Assembly Lines
Ahead
14. Varying Advances from Varying Companies
15. Responsibility
Moving Fast and Breaking Things
Like Human, Like Machine?
As Biased as Humans?
When Private AI Meets Government Use
Meanwhile in the Private Sector…
The Software Education Ethics Problem
An Increasing Consciousness
16. It's All Around You
17. AI-Generated Artwork
The Face Place
From Face to Scene
RIP Stock as We Know It
What is Real, Anyway?
18. (Not) Automated Out of a Job
Internet and Shifting Photo Distribution
Digital Cameras Shifting Business
The AI Shift in Business
The End-to-End AI Impact
Are We Human?
AI Will Replace the Menial Tasks
And Then…
