David_Cavan

Perhaps photography, like everything else, will continue to evolve to be what the people of the time expect it to be. Most would not accept photos from the 1800's as anything other than staged events, which they were for the most part. News photography, as @samstevenspoints out above has been questioned by many for a long time. Everything we see on our screens is already questioned as "CGI or reality", and I'm quite sure that perspective includes still photography already. I think it is also worth considering that our favorite medium is not nearly as prevalent as it was just a few years ago - you only have to be on Instagram for the past 5 years to see the shift from still photography to video that has occurred there. If photography is to survive as anything more than a curiosity it will need to evolve, and that will include the technology of the times. For today, that includes what AI tools can do. In my minds it is as much photography as those photos I have of my grandfather in the 1880's dressed in a suit stiffly staring at the camera.

No, the thought of a landslide of perfectly composed and lit AI photos has not caused me to worry at this point. There have always been photographers much more skilled and experienced than me, and that didn't stop me doing things. I take photographs for me, and if others are interested then that's great, if not, as long as I like them that's sufficient.