rickhyman

I worked at NVIDIA for many years. They are a leader in AI.

 

Intelligence is defined as problem solving ability. The more intelligent a person, animal, or computer is the better it is at accomplishing a goal or solving a problem.

 

In photography, what is the problem to be solved? I would content that it depends on the intended purpose of the photography. For portraits and family photos it would be easy for an AI system to do as well or better than many photographers in the near future. Probably true for many landscape photos too.

 

But where there is "art" there is an artist looking to communicate something. I think in "art" photography this will be more difficult. Art requires an understanding of the human condition. It requires an understanding of relevant emotions and how to evoke these emotions. This is a more difficult problem to solve. Think about how hard it is for an experienced photographer to create this. It is not impossible for an AI system, but it will be much more difficult.

The Moon over Diocletian's Palace in Split Croatia. M240, 24mm Lux

A Comparison of Leica M10 and M240

M10 + Noctilux in Park City Utah

The reason I like my Leica M is it provides great quality images in a small light camera. The lenses in particular are quite a bit smaller and lighter than comparable quality lenses from Canon or Nikon. I also like the fact that I have to take the photo, not the camera.

There is a new review of these two cameras that you may find interesting. There is a comparison of images between the cameras, comparison of sizes, and a description of moving from a DLSR to an M system.

 

Here is a link to the review.