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« on: July 08, 2023, 13:23 »
... and here is the percentage of the population using improved water supplies in 2022 in Europe:
hi zero talent i am kind of curious to know where did you find this graphic? is it from Unicef too? Can you post the link? thanks in advance!
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« on: June 27, 2023, 17:00 »
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« on: June 27, 2023, 11:14 »
I want to buy a laptop for video processing in 4k and 6k. Advise configuration or model?
This configuration is already outdated:?
- Intel Core I7-10750H;
- 32 gb (DDR4)
- SSD 512 gb.
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, Intel UHD, 6 gb GDDR6
You already have DDR5 in memory and SSD NVMe PCIe 4.0 (fast and the best for photogammetry). i do recommend RTX 4080 QHD. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series are really better. They are powered by NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture that delivers a quantum leap in both performance and AI-powered graphics. if you also do graphics you can take advantage for ray tracing and FPS games with the lowest latency if you like to play games too. Anyway for a laptop a possible solution for really smooth 4K and a reasonable good 6K video would be something like the Portable Razer Blade 16 i9 13950HZ 32GB DDR5 1TB RTX 4080 QHD+ 240Hz W11. It already comes with 4 USB ports (C and A 3.2 Gen 2) , 1 hdmi 2.1 and 1 UHS-II card reader. I put here the specifications of the model I mentioned: Intel Core i9-13950HX 24-Core Processor (Turbo up to 5.5 GHz, 36 MB Cache) Windows 11 Home Operating System Memory 32GB DDR5 5600MHz RAM Storage 1 TB SSD M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 Audio 4 speaker array (tweeters x 2, sub x 2) 16" QHD+ display (2560 x 1600), 240Hz, 16:10 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 graphics with 12GB of GDDR6 VRAM memory Up to 2280MHz Boost Clock up to 175W with TGP (Total Graphics Power) Interface 1 x Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) (100W USB PD 3) 1 x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 supports power delivery up to 100W 3 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 1 x HDMI 2.1 1 x UHS-II SD Card Reader Razer Chroma per-key RGB keyboard, N-Key rollover, US Layout Wireless Wi-Fi 6E Network AX211 Dimensions 21.99 x 244 x 355 mm Weight 2.45 Kg
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« on: June 23, 2023, 17:52 »
Do you make 6 digits with less of 2000 downloads on envato elements? yes or no?
Does any of the people you know on artgrid makes 6 digits with less of 2000 downloads? yes or no?
What is 6 digits? Is it 100,000 dollars?
I don't count the number of downloads, I only count the dollars Envato pays me. And Envato pays me a lot more than Pond5. I also have a lot less videos on Envato than on Pond5.
What are we to talk about? You do not sell videos on Envato.
Thanks for your response. It was very enlightening for the differences of opinion we were having. Btw you can find how many sales you made on earnings/item_sales page. On Artgrid they don't tell you how much downloads/sales you make. They only give you one payment at the end of the year. I am happy Envato works better for you. For my portfolio it's exactly the opposite. Wish all the best for your sales!
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« on: June 23, 2023, 14:19 »
This is all theory and has nothing to do with practice. Your opinion is not interesting because you have never sold your video on Artgrid or Storyblocks.
There is such a Netflix service, the subscription costs little money, but Netflix earns a lot of money in the end. The same goes for Artgrid or Storyblocks.
Yes, there are buyers who pay a lot of money and buy videos on Pond5 or shutterstock, and there are still a lot of people (millions) who buy a subscription to Artgrid or Storyblocks.
In general, I know video sellers on Artgrid or Storyblocks and I know what to write about here, but you dont know sellers on Artgrid or Storyblocks.
Goodbye.
If you read carefully what you wrote you will realize what you say applies to you. you don't sell there and it's just theory or talk from people you say you know. On the other hand i do know how many downloads we need to make on artgrid to make 6 digits but i won't tell you to not spoil your dream or fantasy.
Cheers! 
I sell on other subscription stocks like Envato Elements and more. And I know how much money I get from Envato.
Your firm is not the only subscriber to artgrid. There are many subscribers and everyone pays for a subscription.
Also, your example is off topic at all. If I've talked to those who sell their videos on Artgrid or Storyblocks, then you haven't even done that.
Don't get me wrong but just saying that "people make more money in Artgrid and storyblocks" than other sites is not enough. It's just your opinion and not a fact. And when i ask for facts or anything substantial that outlines your affirmation you come up with "i know people" and "i sell on envato elements". Well.... I've been on Envato via videohive for 12 years but please enlighten us: Do you make 6 digits with less of 2000 downloads on envato elements? yes or no? Does any of the people you know on artgrid makes 6 digits with less of 2000 downloads? yes or no? Otherwise i feel that you are just here for joking/trolling with us. Are you? 
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« on: June 23, 2023, 11:36 »
This is all theory and has nothing to do with practice. Your opinion is not interesting because you have never sold your video on Artgrid or Storyblocks.
There is such a Netflix service, the subscription costs little money, but Netflix earns a lot of money in the end. The same goes for Artgrid or Storyblocks.
Yes, there are buyers who pay a lot of money and buy videos on Pond5 or shutterstock, and there are still a lot of people (millions) who buy a subscription to Artgrid or Storyblocks.
In general, I know video sellers on Artgrid or Storyblocks and I know what to write about here, but you dont know sellers on Artgrid or Storyblocks.
Goodbye.
If you read carefully what you wrote you will realize what you say applies to you. you don't sell there and it's just theory or talk from people you say you know. On the other hand i do know how many downloads we need to make on artgrid to make 6 digits but i won't tell you to not spoil your dream or fantasy. Cheers!
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« on: June 22, 2023, 18:20 »
If you sell on Artgrid and Storyblocks your income is much higher than your income on Pond5 and other stocks too.
I would like to know what you are relying on to guarantee what you say. Just your portfolio? If it's just that, it's not enough.
Let's be modest, shall we? maybe it works for you, not for me.
The only problem is that it is almost impossible to get on Artgrid or Storyblocks,
Good thing they don't let practically anyone in.
Do you sell videos on Artgrid and Storyblocks?
I'm based on the information I've been told by people who sell videos there.
Of course, it's good that the authors are not allowed, especially when you are already there, this is logical.
Fortunately I don't sell on Artgrid. But i am aware of how it works well to a Small Producer Company with less than 30 employees where i work as a freelancer. They download daily roughly 100 clips and pay 50$/month for it. I had a Videoblocks client account turned into Storyblocks account. Once I did upload 800 clips i did not sent to curators when i found out it was unlimited downloads. I ended up deleting all the clips and closing the account. It is not profitable to me. But let's do the math. In theory 600$ cost for 36400 videos/ year on Artgrid. Profit is huge for them is it not? The only thing that companies complain is lack of diversity so they usually go spend in others microstock sites after a while because they cannot present same videos to the clients each month. How many downloads do you think a contributor needs to do on Artgrid to make 6 digits? Now let's do the math with the other side of the coin. I can tell you that you can make nearly 6 digits with less than 2000 downloads in limited download sites. The rule of a big/medium/small company to make profit is how to save money. So first they drain all they can from these sites. Afterwards they will go to others sites to find the diversity they need in the videos. Once i got to know how these clients think i immediately understood i could get a better return for a clip in other sites. Occasionally i even sell them directly instead using my microstock account which is even more profitable to me. This is how they work: cycle of 3/4 years. They combine an unlimited download site with single sales from other sites. First they had Artgrid, then videoblocks, then Storyblocks and now Artgrid (again) combining it with SS, P5 and Adobe. You missed my point of "Good thing they don't let practically anyone in"... Less people there, less clips there, less thieves and more fast companies will move on to other sites once "the unlimited" pond runs dry. 
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« on: June 22, 2023, 08:24 »
If you sell on Artgrid and Storyblocks your income is much higher than your income on Pond5 and other stocks too.
I would like to know what you are relying on to guarantee what you say. Just your portfolio? If it's just that, it's not enough. Let's be modest, shall we? maybe it works for you, not for me. The only problem is that it is almost impossible to get on Artgrid or Storyblocks,
Good thing they don't let practically anyone in.
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« on: June 18, 2023, 03:13 »
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« on: June 15, 2023, 19:01 »
...
"Generative AI, like ChatGPT, would have to comply with transparency requirements:
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Publishing summaries of copyrighted data used for training
... This includes AI systems that generate or manipulate image, audio or video content, for example deepfakes."
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a good first start - I'm hope they consider:
how can those offering ai know what images were used when the systems don't provide that info & how would it be saved &H displayed? besides working thru agencies, artists offer their work on independent website's & POD sites such as FAA
This is not a rule for microstock sites offering AI images for sale, this is a rule for companies that develope AI. They, so sites like ChatGTP or Midjourney or stable difusion would have to show which images they used to train their AI.
or Adobe firefly which is an ai art generator too... or maybe Adobe photoshop where Adobe Unveils Future of Creative Cloud With Generative AI as a Creative Co-Pilot in Photoshop. 
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« on: June 14, 2023, 16:41 »
Just a follow up to my last post in this topic...
The EU has come one-step closer to having the world's first law regulating Artificial Intelligence. The European Parliament voted today in favor to approve the AI Act. Next step, the talks will now begin with EU countries in the Council on the final form of the law. The aim is to reach an agreement by the end of this year.
From the series of measures, I highlight the following extracted from the news of the European Parliament:
"Generative AI, like ChatGPT, would have to comply with transparency requirements:
Disclosing that the content was generated by AI
Designing the model to prevent it from generating illegal content
Publishing summaries of copyrighted data used for training
Limited risk
Limited risk AI systems should comply with minimal transparency requirements that would allow users to make informed decisions. After interacting with the applications, the user can then decide whether they want to continue using it. Users should be made aware when they are interacting with AI. This includes AI systems that generate or manipulate image, audio or video content, for example deepfakes."
link to European parliament news: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20230601STO93804/eu-ai-act-first-regulation-on-artificial-intelligence
Yes, but with all the ideas that the European parliament has, what impact will it make? Also this statement is way to vague. What actual laws do you think will come out of it? It will take years (if even something will get written black on white) and then it's already there and nothing can be done about it anymore. That will be the reality of it. Maybe they will fine some big American company or so by then (to collect some money) but everything will go on as usual.
Well... i really don't know at this point but I think we will have a note or a banner whenever we interact with an AI device. This will be for soon and not years. For Generative AI platforms like midjourney or stable diffusion probably they must provide some evidences where the work was based on. I don't see big issues at the moment since i see it as fair use or transformation art/work in my humble opinion. But chat gpt is different since it can provide code and knowledge about things that goes beyond fair use. For example, in December last year there were people trying to find a workaround to ask Chatgpt how to rob a bank. Of course you can not ask Chatgpt directly, so they come up with the idea of roleplaying with chatgpt to extract the idea how to do it and what was the best way. Let me ask you how can Chatgpt have such knowledge? Where did AI learn this from? And if this goes to other fields like weapons, virus or terrorism? That's why EU parliament wants chatgpt to Design the model to prevent it from generating illegal content and Publishing summaries of copyrighted data used for training to guarantee safety to all EU citizens. I don't believe this will take years and I wonder why CEO of ChatGPT developer OpenAI said "the firm may pull out of the Europe Union if current draft legislation is not toned down"? I wonder what Chatgpt have been learning... probably the good, the bad and the ugly.
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« on: June 14, 2023, 15:34 »
Just a follow up to my last post in this topic... The EU has come one-step closer to having the world's first law regulating Artificial Intelligence. The European Parliament voted today in favor to approve the AI Act. Next step, the talks will now begin with EU countries in the Council on the final form of the law. The aim is to reach an agreement by the end of this year. From the series of measures, I highlight the following extracted from the news of the European Parliament: "Generative AI, like ChatGPT, would have to comply with transparency requirements: Disclosing that the content was generated by AI Designing the model to prevent it from generating illegal content Publishing summaries of copyrighted data used for training Limited risk Limited risk AI systems should comply with minimal transparency requirements that would allow users to make informed decisions. After interacting with the applications, the user can then decide whether they want to continue using it. Users should be made aware when they are interacting with AI. This includes AI systems that generate or manipulate image, audio or video content, for example deepfakes." link to European parliament news: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20230601STO93804/eu-ai-act-first-regulation-on-artificial-intelligence
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« on: June 12, 2023, 13:26 »
I've encouraged my 17 years old son to create photos using Midjourney for AS. He doesn't know anything about photography. He started uploading images to my AS account 3 months ago, here are the number of sales (remember he's novice):
April: 27 sales
May: 51 sales
June (till 9): 28 sales
He now has 1500 files online (260 under review) and he's planning to upload 500 - 1000 images per month.
I do videos mainly, but I have had around 300 images online for years, and he already exceeded my number of sales for images.
I really feel sorry for photographers as they can't compete with the image quality created using Midjourney, it's just amazing.
So, imagine if 100,000 novices like my son are uploading to AS, what would be the result?
Don't you need to pay commission from sales to Midjourney? I remember saw it in their licencing.
I don't find anything in the Midjourney terms of service (link:https://docs.midjourney.com/docs/terms-of-service) where did you find that pay commission ? Can you provide a direct link of the Midjourney site?
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« on: June 12, 2023, 13:19 »
I'm guessing one important factor is as follows:
- Many photos uploaded to Stock sites aren't super saleable....i.e. snapshots, nice landscapes....etc.. Generally with stock, photos with people in "interesting" locations (e.g. offices) sell better. For a photographer, that means hiring models with releases etc., and getting those interesting locations. For AI, it is no problem to include "people" as subjects in "interesting lcations". In general, with good prompts, AI can produce saleable images without having to hire actual models or travel to interesting or challenging locations as a photographer would have to do.
Right!
The AI is a powerful tool and another resource at your disposal. Important is the choice of the subjects and the post processing. Anyway some of my AI generated images are performing very well with more than 50 downloads each and others are approaching...
Congrats!
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« on: June 12, 2023, 13:05 »
I jate AI !
You hate people and dislike things. Last time i check AI is still not a person
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« on: June 12, 2023, 12:24 »
[...] AI is not replacing you "doing" images. You use AI to make your images.
[...] you should give a try and learn the new processes too. After all you use these days more the PC with email/internet and not letters with post riders.
My reason is more ethical than technical. And I can have a relevant opinion on multiple things without even having to try them.
But true, the question is doing real photographs instead of AI images, I go change the word in my post.
Whatever, you're welcome to participate to the game I proposed, since you come and write here
Game is a new form of Art. Just by raising the issue in ethical terms it paddles us towards the greatest thing about Art: the boundaries of it. In fact, art has always been concerned with just that since Greek times. Bringing new ideas to the table that bring the world of things as we know them up for debate. But the question that i raise with your game: Is it that important to discuss whether or not the image was created with AI assistance? Isn't the content of the created image more important than the technical aspect that you try to get the player to identify in your game? In fact, you try to trick the player into reflecting on the subject in a technical perspective so that he finds an ethical point. The problem is that the ethical point you want to find and discuss in your game goes against the content value of images that you put to play. In other words you ask players to identify a technical issue (AI or reality) and not really about the ideas expressed on the images themselves. Your type of game was also done when Digital photography appeared. At the time the purpose was identifying whether the photo had been manipulated by a digital process or whether it was purely mechanical. The result was: no ethical issue. Both were authentic images made with different processes. Therefore your game is based on the assumption that if a player doesn't correctly identify whether an image is AI-assisted or not, it can trick the player to make him believe that the images are not authentic. But they are. They were made by humans with AI assistance tools or without them. So your game is to some extent rigged, since you only want to show the part you want - a small portion of a technical issue. Why didn't you put images with people with 3 legs or hands with 6 fingers? Or nuns eating spaghetti or pizza which looks Bizarre? For instance, i find those images much more interesting and unique, almost reflecting a new age of surrealism, deep dreams or grotesque art. Also in terms of thinking the narrative of the image - something that stopped a little bit since cubism time. Nevertheless i find your game fun. I played and the result is: no ethical issue. All are authentic/real images made by humans using different processes. AI/reality check is a feature to trick your mind. ;-)
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« on: June 12, 2023, 08:37 »
Most nights around here occur at night, not during the day.
But around there, some intelligences spend their full time in the night. Are they AIs?
Note: I did NOT generate these pictures.
I DON'T use AI for replacing me doing images, and I DON'T want or plan to.
note: AI is not replacing you "doing" images. You use AI to make your images. It's only a different way where you use prompts to instruct Generative AI to help you. The Stable diffusion Generative AI plugin is now available for Photoshop just like other AI tools where you use mouse and clicks to make your images. Maybe you still use a pencil or an analog camera to make your images which i love and respect but you should give a try and learn the new processes too. After all you use these days more the PC with email/internet and not letters with post riders.
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« on: May 25, 2023, 12:13 »
This is not exactly a legal case, but maybe still worth mentioning:
The European Union is planning AI regulations that will require developers of AI to make the information of every piece of copyrighted work that was used to train an AI public. The regulation is just a draft right now, but ChatGPT has announced that, should this regulation be put into effect without changes to that rule, they would withdraw from the European market.
Right now we all know that our copyrighted work has been used to train AIs, but we can't prove it for individual pieces of works, so photographers, illustrators and authors who want to sue AI companies have a hard time proving their case. If AI developers had to admit which pieces were used, that would make sueing much easier and would probably open a Pandora's box of lawsuits for AI developers. So no wonder ChatGPT would rather leave the huge European market than make that information available.
The article is in German:
https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/openai-eu-100.html?fbclid=IwAR0sVil1O_G4hKj28WVxME2zzo10IRmoAHNiukNeLnKQKJD2iKP7gLVVf7I
Thanks for information. I went directly to the source (News European Parliament) to find more about it. This is big! it's the Artificial Intelligence Act - regulation proposal! Maybe EU countries will be the first to have legislation regarding AI after all. Before negotiations with the Council on the final form of the law can begin, this draft negotiating mandate needs to be endorsed by the whole Parliament, with the vote expected during the 12-15 June session. There are some things written that already think about the near future: Real-time remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces; Post remote biometric identification systems, with the only exception of law enforcement for the prosecution of serious crimes and only after judicial authorization; Biometric categorisation systems using sensitive characteristics (e.g. gender, race, ethnicity, citizenship status, religion, political orientation); Predictive policing systems (based on profiling, location or past criminal behaviour); Emotion recognition systems in law enforcement, border management, workplace, and educational institutions; and Indiscriminate scraping of biometric data from social media or CCTV footage to create facial recognition databases (violating human rights and right to privacy). General-purpose AI - transparency measures "MEPs included obligations for providers of foundation models - a new and fast evolving development in the field of AI - who would have to guarantee robust protection of fundamental rights, health and safety and the environment, democracy and rule of law. They would need to assess and mitigate risks, comply with design, information and environmental requirements and register in the EU database. Generative foundation models, like GPT, would have to comply with additional transparency requirements, like disclosing that the content was generated by AI, designing the model to prevent it from generating illegal content and publishing summaries of copyrighted data used for training." Personally i don't think this will pass without amendments (never did). if anyone is interested grab the pop corn and read draft...115 pages! here are the links For EP news link:https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230505IPR84904/ai-act-a-step-closer-to-the-first-rules-on-artificial-intelligence For the proposal of EC: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A52021PC0206
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« on: May 23, 2023, 00:56 »
Evaristo tenscadisto, programs that create AI are not available to everyone. People pay a lot of money to work in them. The income from these programs may not even cover these costs.
I think you are misinformed. I cannot understand how to spend huge amounts to generate AI images. Perhaps the user who wrote can explain better because the value is much higher than practiced by AI generators. You have essentially 3 Ai generators in first league: Stable diffusion, Midjourney and Dall-e 2. 1) Stable diffusion - You can use it for free. There are a lot ways to use it: a) They got a friendly website but you can also go to NightCafe Creator which essential is the stable diffusion too b) you can install in your PC with auto1111 and use your GPU. c) Download from github and huggingface and use it with google colab to use their GPU. You got a lot youtube tutorials on how to do it. Also you can add models that people train by install them. it's free and available for everyone. although you have to pay gpu google from colab after a while. 2) Midjourney. You have a website but You need Discord to generate. A lot of tutorials in youtube. it's free first images but after you pay 8$, 24$ or 48$(pro plan). 3) Dalle 2,When you first sign up for DALL-E, youll receive 50 free credits that are valid for 1 month. These credits will allow you to generate up to 200 images and get a feeling for all of the features that DALL-E 2 has to offer. Once your initial trial credits expire, youll receive 15 new credits every month. So technically, you could continue to use DALL-E 2 forever at absolutely no cost to you. Once youve used up all your free credits, you can purchase additional credits in incremental packs of 115, which cost $15. 115 credits give you 460 images, which sounds like a lot. But remember, every single action you do in DALL-E 2 will cost you 1 credit, so those 115 credits are a lot less than you might think. If you use some of DALL-E 2s special features such as Inpainting or Outpainting, your credits are going to evaporate into thin air. Also bear in mind that your purchased credits will expire after 12 months. In short you can try all for free at the beginning but if you install Stable diffusion in your pc you won't pay.
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« on: May 21, 2023, 13:01 »
Lowls,
What prevented anyone before AI from writing their own ideas in one style or another? In fact, all artists start by absorbing styles from other artists that they like and influence them to write. Isn't that the normal learning process for humans?
Taking the example of music. How many bands exist and still exists with a Beatles-style sound all over the world? I would say hundreds if not thousands.I remember the first time I heard the band Oasis and I felt a kind of revival of the Beatles sound. Naturally there were particularities such as themes, some writing and type of voice but in essence it reminds me a lot of the Beatles.
Guitarist Van Halen developed the unique style of "Fingertap" on the guitar. Among others Steve Vai or Joe Satriani use this style in their music/songs. If we are going to talk about good BB King then practically most guitarists use the famous "bending" style which makes the guitar seem to cry especially in Blues, Rock or variants...
Jumping to graffiti how many artists "imitate" banksy?
Despite the Stencil technique, the Grunge style of drawing, and the Transformism of images such as the Clown Ronald Macdonalds and Mickey Mouse holding hands with the Napalm Girl are not his, the originality in the portrait subject marks his authorship.
If you look at Andy Warhol's work well then he took pictures that weren't of him and painted over them (i.e. Marilyn Monroe) Warhol created this masterpiece which consists of 50 images of Marilyn using the same publicity photograph from the film titled Niagara.
So nothing stopped any of them from absorbing and learning styles and bringing originality to our world, right?
AI will not kill creativity. In fact, it will do the opposite. It allow you to explore and develop many more styles or combinations of styles than any artist could do in his lifetime. This is where originality and a sense of art are born. So AI can help you to perform a better drawing, painting, writing or re-write your work. Also can bring new things to your creative table that you may include or not. It's really up to you. If you are having trouble in understand if AI can substitute the artist it can not. AI is only an excellent performer. Do not forget who write the prompt.
On the other hand of course you can use AI to just copycat but we don't need AI for that we've been living with this problem for decades and normally they don't go so far without being noticed.
I will not extend my post any longer since i find you were more interest in AI for Artistic vision which is a small water drop in the AI ocean. AI will assist you in everything you do - literally everything! You cannot use fake data/metadata for research. The first augmented reality device was invented in 1835. It was a telescopic sight for firearms. You cannot use false data to calibrate the aim because the probability of missing the target is high. The more likely thing would be to miss and hit something else or someone's foot. So the redundancy, entropy and risk is too high but you can run simulations based on real data/metadata to help you with accuracy for some diagnosis.
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« on: May 20, 2023, 20:29 »
in short, as soon as "this thing" is trained one will get 0,00000000...
same like it was with enough images video etc
Ps: may i ask what you define with good money and do you know
how often and how many images are used and where the outlet goes?
Don't get me wrong but i think your perspective is limited to the perception of Knowledge you have about AI. Real authentic images/video have real data/metadata which can produce augmented reality and new perception about things that humans alone cannot do or have. Generative AI Images have "fake" simulated data and are limited to just that - artistic visions about reality. I.E. If you are training AI for safe driving i bet you won't want "fake" metadata from AI images because it will corrupt the learn of AI itself. In this case the learning curve of AI will be something called "false positive learning" or "false negative learning" depending on the measures of safe drive attributes established primarily. However, the actual value of each Real image will be less as there is more and more about the subject portrayed in the image. As it becomes increasingly easier to produce generative AI images and their volume increases exponentially, the values of real images will be greater than those of AI images because they got real data and metadata about reality. The good news is that the research and development industry is far superior to the Hollywood industry. To give you a clue European Commission Spends Trillions in research and only some hundred millions in programmes for Media. In this sense one of the paths for Microstock contributors will not be so much an artistic vision of reality, but rather a perspective of reality like documentary/news and that serves or has potential to be used for AI learning. I'm not psychic but I think that in the near future AI images are here to stay but Real Images will not disappear - only part will be substituted. In short: adapt your work/portfolio for this new reality.
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« on: May 04, 2023, 05:25 »
Funny... insiders sold SSTK shares during months of this report.
According to simplywallst to be exact in Feb15/16, 21224 shares sold and 0 buy. last buy was 10K in 10Jun 2022.
If we take in account last month SSTK lost -18.95 (-25.66%). So basically lost nearly 26% of company value.
Adobe lost nearly 10% in past month....
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« on: May 02, 2023, 05:45 »
I was very disappointed to discover that a large number (over 200) of my video collection has been duplicated and re-uploaded to Shutterstock, Pond5 and AdobeStock (and probably other stock sites but I haven't checked).
The account goes by the name CreativeVideoIdeas in various forms and there are a lot of videos on this account that are not mine, I have reached out to one other contributor who I could track down but it will no doubt have other contributors videos as well.
Anyway check that clowns account to see if your videos are on it.
Thanks for info. I checked one of the links you sent (P5). This is an exclusive account from Vietnam. When looking at the portfolio, I didn't find any of my videos but I took the time to click on some videos in the "similar" button to see what results appeared. In one case or another similar videos appeared but slightly different (with small crop or a little less time like 1 sec. or so). i.e. A) Creativeideas "Beautiful Rainbow, Rainbow Over The Sea, In The Waves Crashing Against The Rocks" Item ID: 228522480 selling 34$HD/64$4K. B) Very similar video by other contributor, non-exclusive, Indonesia account since 2018 with video title "Rainbow Form In Waves Crashing Against Rocks On The Ocean Sea" Item ID: 204807574 selling 30$HD/50$4K. I don't know if this helps you but I remember receiving an email and having to submit a photocopy of my ID to continue receiving my payments from P5. P5 will only let's you withdraw sales revenue after delivering ID and link to your account Payoneer/skrill. I think this measure happened during 2016 year. Anyway my point is they can know who is Creativeidea. Also tracking CreativeIdeas P5 sales i can see this contributor had at least 53 sales. With some luck you can figure this out with P5. All the best!
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« on: April 27, 2023, 18:58 »
Hi
I got a 100$ Payment from Adobe and i see there is 3$ fees
I used to think that receiving money in payoneer is without fees from companies !
As far i as i recall since 2014 i've been paying a fee...
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