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@wave_walnut Because the creation of a photography compared to creation of automatically digital only images is not comparable. I mean 100 years ago every single photo was extremely hard to make, slow and expensive, compared to before the digital times. So mass photography only started with smartphones and that is not too long ago. We even have applications and tools that create many AI images with one click in seconds, that do not need any lens and sensor at all.
But still! This is enormous and surprising it happened this fast.
Yeah, digital is completely different than film. If I want an action shot digitally, I can take 50 shots in ten seconds and it costs me basically zero, depending how you interpret it. There's some prorated cost of the equipment that works out to the same amount as it would if I took 1 shot every time instead. (Digital cameras do wear, but the value decreases a lot more just with time passed as new stuff comes out.) I sure as hell couldn't take 1500 shots on one trip like I can with a digital one. Most are never going to be processed, but that's perfectly fine. It allows a lot more experimentation and the ability to catch very brief moments.
Generative AI is the same to digital as digital was to film. You can make way more with way more variety way more quickly. It doesn't really mean anything until you compare finished products.
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