The Computer Ate My Photos: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Photography

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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. Make more impactful images and be more successful by embracing AI in your photo future. 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 PhotographyThe 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 PhotographyFinally, 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. 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…