Just my opinion...I feel like the 'band wagon' is to disclose everything that is remotly modified by ai, as though the ai tool is somehow unethical, unreasonable, unprofessional, or just 'un' whatever. Photographers have been using tools for eons to edit their images; dodge, burn, crop, de-spot, colorize, increase/decrease contrast, on and on and on...all of these tools were modifying the image to create what the artist wanted. There are a few hard-core photographers that live by the rule, 'a real photographer uses what was captured in the camera...un altered, and even go so far in the film-days of saying the sprokets and text on the sprokets was technically part of the image. AI is an advanced tool that gives the artist greater ability to create the art they want...we don't tell a painter, 'if you remove an element of a scene you paint you should disclose it'...it's their vision, it's their art.
Virtually every camera uses some form of AI...we have not started calling it AI until recently...but what is an auto exposure mode, or scene mode, or black and white mode, etc?...it's a tool that uses some form of computing power in the camera to change the image in a way the artist wants to capture it...so should we disclose that? In fact, isn't all photo-editing software tools a form of AI?...desnoising, cloning, healing, film looks,....the moment the image hits the editing software it's being artifically enhanced by some form of artificial intelligence. So no, I'm not a huge fan of companies forcing, transparently or secretly, imbedding "AI Enhanced" tags into my files. But, I also 100% accept that other's may not agree with me. 🙂 ~paul
...and just for fun here is my human-written comment from above, but ran through chatgpt 🙂
In my opinion, the current trend to disclose any image modifications made by AI seems to imply that using AI tools is somehow unethical, unreasonable, or unprofessional. For centuries, photographers have utilized a range of editing techniques—dodging, burning, cropping, de-spotting, colorizing, adjusting contrast, and more—to achieve their artistic vision. These tools have always been employed to modify images to match the artist's intent. A small number of purist photographers argue that a "real photographer" uses only what is captured in the camera, without any alterations. Some even claimed that in the days of film, the sprockets and text on the film edges were part of the image. However, AI represents an advanced tool that enhances the artist's ability to create their desired art. We do not require painters to disclose if they remove elements from a scene in their paintings—it is their vision and their art.
Nearly every modern camera incorporates some form of AI, though we have only recently begun to label it as such. Features like auto exposure mode, scene mode, and black and white mode are tools that utilize computational power to adjust the image according to the artist's preferences. Should we be disclosing these adjustments as well? In reality, isn't all photo-editing software essentially a form of AI? Techniques such as denoising, cloning, healing, and applying film looks involve some level of artificial enhancement from the moment the image enters the editing software. Therefore, I am not in favor of companies mandating the inclusion of "AI Enhanced" tags on my files, whether transparently or secretly. Nonetheless, I fully respect that others may hold different opinions on this matter.
~ Paul
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