Eldagsen thanked the judges for their appreciation and “for choosing his image and making this moment historic”, but declined the award, explaining that he did not create the photograph “Pseudomnesia: Electrician”, but created it using a DALL-neural network. .TO. With this, he caused a scandal, which he trusted.
As a result, the photographer admitted that he did this deliberately to win the prize and to engage in a dialogue about the future of photography as a craft, against the backdrop of the development of neural networks that can create realistic photographs that are almost indistinguishable from photography. taken by people.
“After our correspondence with Boris and the guarantees he has provided, we have assessed that his work meets the criteria for this category and we support his participation,” said the organizers of the award, which awarded Eldagsen the victory.
In response, the photographer wanted neural networks and human-made products not to create conditions in which to compete with each other. “The pictures and photographs created should not compete with each other in the same award. These are different things,” said Boris Eldagsen.
Source: Ferra
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