Now that I see yours, nope no where close. And just for fun, I created a stats page for SS for all the AI images I have uploaded. Ready?

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Now I can watch and look forward to the first dime? Some of those are my images, uploaded and then I edited what came out of Dall-E2, they aren't AI generated but more of AI enhanced or alterations. Seemed like a good idea at the time? 

Too much time and effort for no return. They are all vectors as the AI illustrations are unacceptable.

Quote from: gameover on March 25, 2023, 06:47

Sure! And Julius Caesar said "I don't want a Rolls-Royce, a Fiat is enough for me!" - google for it long enough and you'll certainly find something like that 

�He loved to drive in his Jaguar
So welcome to the machine�
Pink Floyd, end of song "Welcome To The Machine".

No AI involved, since we can be sure of smthg, AI will NEVER be creative by itself. But the errors of the human from which it will never be able to emancipate itself (from the errors!) will make believe that it is the case.
AI Vomit only ever contains all the food presented in another form.  Sorry, for my sometimes particular humour.

and G��������gle never rarely sees extra fingers from me. If this has to happen, it's on a dedicated brrrrraowser.

You are correct. I have rarely seen proper fingers nor the correct number from AI images. This may get better, but I had to put gloves on people who had misshapen hands. Poor Gutenberg looks like he lost a finger in a cutter, which was supposed to be a press?



So lets see, you admit that AI is not creative by itself, so there must be a human behind that? And since it was humans who created and humans who write the prompts, AH HA! 

Speaking of cars, they had wooden wheels, barely made any speed, and going on a trip meant carrying numerous spare tires. AI is young and new. Maybe photography has replaced oil paintings, but it hasn't replaced "art" drawn by hand? Illustrator software hasn't replaced drawing by hand... AI will not replace real photos.

Where needed, AI will just be a new medium for creating images. That's progress and invention.

Another astounding image from Midjourney v5

The fingers are not all that bad (maybe the little finger of the second right hand is a bit too long), but there is something casually alien here...anyway nothing that Photoshop with a bit of skill cannot take care of   

 😱 😱

But probably I am too critical and old-fashioned.
Personally, I prefer women with only 2 arms 

Just imagine the possibilities, but I'll keep it wholesome... I bet she's a great hugger?   

funny how those decrying AI say AI generated art (no quotes!) is poor quality are saying they can't compete with it!

Is that like some people complaining that uneducated, untrained people, coming into their country, are stealing their jobs and working for less? What does that say about the level of skill vs the wages? 

Yeah I get it. If AI is so bad, but it's stealing my downloads, and income, then what is my work?

Quote from: Her Ugliness on March 25, 2023, 02:18

Quote from: Unamas on March 24, 2023, 15:29

The first time I'm getting more money from Adobe than SS. +24% this month so far.

For me it's  +56% on Adobe this month.
SS fails to bring in many sales higher than $0.10 these days. ...

if that were true your RPD would be around .1 to .2 - what is yours? (and why no link to your portfolio  do you even have one?)

for many of us that isn't the case (i haven't seen anyone reporting an RPD of less than .2)  my SZS RPD  runs from .6 to 1.0, same as it was before the decrease.  AS RPD is slightly lower.  but SS income has been steady at 2-3  times AS income.  canva brings in more than AS

the AS payment for their free section does bring in a dramatic jump once a year

I know different strokes. But to answer from someone who doesn't do as well as you do and has different kinds of material, and Canva rejected my application many years ago?

2023 SS RPD = .54 for someone with pretty average assets. AS RPD = .80 Earnings. Downloads SS is 54% of AS and AS income is slightly under double that for SS. For me, AS is more money, more DLs with under 1,000 assets vs over 5,000 on SS.

Quote from: DiscreetDuck on March 24, 2023, 16:52

Sorry, but I never met Einstein and I can't be sure of everything (as you are).

https://www.surfactants.net/who-said-artificial-intelligence-has-nothing-on-natural-stupidity-2/
Where you can read: "Who Said Artificial Intelligence Has Nothing On Natural Stupidity? [...]There is no definitive answer to this question, as there is no one person who can be credited with originating the saying [...] Einstein observed that artificial intelligence is no match for natural intelligence.".
We can read so many things, but I've got a limited time for fact checking.

Sure! And Julius Caesar said "I don't want a Rolls-Royce, a Fiat is enough for me!" - google for it long enough and you'll certainly find something like that 

Yeah, everything on the Internet is true? But a small fact would help: Albert Einstein did not directly engage with the concept of artificial intelligence (AI) during his lifetime. He was a physicist.

Here's what OpenAI Says about the matter. (yes I like a bit of irony in things much of the time.)

It's difficult to say exactly what Einstein would think of artificial intelligence, as he lived and worked in a time before the development of modern AI technologies. However, based on what we know about his views on science, technology, and humanity, we can speculate about some of his possible thoughts on the topic.

Einstein was known for his belief in the power of human creativity and intuition, which he saw as essential for scientific discovery. He once famously said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." This suggests that he may have been skeptical of the idea that machines could ever fully replace human intelligence and creativity.

On the other hand, Einstein was also a strong proponent of using science and technology for the betterment of society. He was deeply concerned about the social and political implications of technological advancements, and he believed that scientists had a responsibility to use their knowledge and skills for the good of humanity.

Given these views, it's possible that Einstein would have been both fascinated by and cautious about the development of artificial intelligence. He may have seen the potential benefits of AI for solving complex problems and advancing scientific understanding, but he may also have been concerned about the ethical and societal implications of creating machines that can think and learn on their own.

Overall, while we can't know for certain what Einstein would have thought about AI, we can speculate that he would have approached the topic with a careful balance of curiosity and caution, with a keen eye toward ensuring that these new technologies are used in a way that benefits society as a whole. ChatGTP

Fair enough? Balance and caution, and how would AI effect individual people and society?




�The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.�
― Albert Einstein

In 1977, Ken Olsen, founder of the Digital Equipment Corporation, said, �There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.�

"The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race." Stephen Hawking

I say adapt and change, learn to embrace and use new technology to our benefit.

Last of all:

The fear has sometimes been expressed that photography would in time entirely supersede the art of painting. Some people seem to think that when the process of taking photographs in colors has been perfected and made common enough, the painter will have nothing more to do.  Henrietta Clopath 1901

�that refined feeling and sentiment which animate the productions of a man of genius,� Photography is missing �invention and feeling constitute essential qualities in a work of Art,� and Photography couldn�t qualify as an art in its own right, the explanation went, because it lacked �something beyond mere mechanism at the bottom of it.� Photography was viewed as merely as a thoughtless mechanism for replication.

Sounds like some of the criticism of AI lacking the human element?

I can't wait until AI is smart enough to build a tomato isolated on white

About time you say?

I think it's perfect!

More cheese, more cheese, dripping ricotta! 

perfectly 



(AI generated - not for human consumption)

I'll say something before the gloom and doom naysayers get into their rhythm. I don't like the weave of napkin...  The basil has some flaws and there's not enough cheese. 

Quote from: DiscreetDuck on March 21, 2023, 18:18

Basically photography is a memory, a testimony, a proof of the existing, a reflection of reality, an emotion, a singular creative exercise... What will be the interest of these soulless productions, apart from a cleanliness ascepted and suspicious?

what sort of reality is reflected by picasso, dali, rothko, mondrian, klee and hundreds of other artists? not to mention scifi & fantasy artists

Or me (but I'm not a famous name) I took the photos, I created the final product and no AI was involved. What sort of reality is this? Well, in my mind it was something I thought of and saw and created. AI does better in some cases. 



 Human reality, who says? I say this is "Speed in Motion"

Quote from: Uncle Pete on March 20, 2023, 13:02

Quote from: dragonblade on March 20, 2023, 07:53

I miss the global sales map. I guess that's a part of history now.

It's gone?

Oh no, it's still there and they added a +/- so you can zoom in? Still looks terrible and why do I want to zoom in on a useless Blue Dot? Scroll down.

https://submit.shutterstock.com/dashboard

Ah I see the map now. Though mine doesn't show the whole globe. I also get broken thumbnails when I let the cursor hover over the blue spots - probably because I closed my photo port on SS.

It's a pity that this map doesn't show video sales because that's all I sell on SS these days. Also, I'd like to see my sales info on the main page as well instead of having to go to another page to learn about the details of each sale. This main page is now just mostly wasted space.

You also now have to hover over a blue dot one at a time to see what sold and where.  Previously they were displayed as thumbnails on the map and in a "most recent" list on the right.

Yes to that and all of the above. We have to hover over them one at a time and the globe is not the full width of the box. But they added a zoom? What happened to seeing what we sold, oh "sorry that's not available"

But they found room to spam up the entire top of the page with hints, tips and promotions?

Quote from: Uncle Pete on March 21, 2023, 10:59

Quote from: gameover on March 21, 2023, 10:08

Quote from: DiscreetDuck on March 21, 2023, 05:48

Gameover is for me, since english is not the language for my native and living country. Your answer clearly shows that the understanding of my speech is not there, it does not matter. And you would like to teach me? But what do you know of my knowledge? You're assuming I'm ignorant? but I leave you the right to live in the imagination that suits you. See, here you are creative!
There is less creativity than recycling with the AI. But well, maybe it's good for the planet, who knows... 

Well, I'm no native English speaker either, I just strive to make myself understood - it's easy enough, just try 
You have an advantage over me: all I know about you is what I can guess from your posts. And yes, judging by them it seems to me that occasionally you might profit from a bit of elucidation...
However you too seem to have a lot of imagination, in particular while spotting black cats which aren't there in a dark room at midnight (I think it was Darwin who coined it) 

Well that's a good one, because I'm sure everyone here is against this, but just because we didn't jump up and say so, someone else shouldn't assume, we aren't against AI removing watermarks or thieves. And if you want an Einstein quote for that, "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."

Just because we didn't join in to the DescreetDuck Discussion, don't mean anyone here supports image theft.

Many different sources and authors and not absolute, reliable answer.

"Theology
A blind man in a dark room searching for a black cat which isn�t there � and finding it."

I love your wise composed posts, sort of find them balmy 

First time I run into your quote from Einstein - just GREAT!!!

I was abducted by aliens at a very young age, but not finding any intelligent life, they sent me back, only slightly modified. I'm still trying to assimilate with Earthlings and learn the ways here. I'm adapting to how people on this planet intake consumables. You get the Point? 

Adobe announces their own AI system.

Welcome Firefly!

https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2023/03/21/bringing-gen-ai-to-creative-cloud-adobe-firefly?fbclid=IwAR2tIv5tsSELTNHR0tqFcz2DrIMKrbAkjwN0u71NkOCg6Z7jCIngIFY8YNo

Whoo Hoo yet another one? "It is particularly valuable to those seeking to generate content for commercial use because it is trained on hundreds of millions of professional-grade, licensed images in Adobe Stock along with openly licensed content and public domain content where the copyright has expired."

"Thank you for signing up to try out Adobe Firefly!

We�ll be sending out invites gradually over time. We�ll email you instructions on how to get started once you�ve been given access."  IF?