The photo above, of a ball of pink feathers standing on squiggly legs, received a lot of attention in the photo contest in the Artificial Intelligence category. The picture won the third prize from the jury and received the audience award. But the special thing is that the “Flamingo” image is a “natural” image and does not include artificial intelligence.

Photographer Miles Astray says he deliberately broke the rules by entering. He came up with this idea after several AI-generated images won prizes in traditional photography competitions.

“I realized I could shake it up the way only a human could by submitting a real photo to an AI competition. And of course, I deliberately chose an image that was so surreal and incredible that it could have easily been an AI-powered photo,” Dhalal says. Watchman.

Shortly after it became clear that it was a “natural” photo, the photographer had to hand over his award again and two awards. Other winners specific. Organizing the photography competition describes the message Astray wanted to convey as “powerful”, but his entry was nonetheless unfair.

“Each category has different criteria that participants’ images must meet. His entry did not meet the requirements for the AI-generated images category. We realize that this is the point he wanted to make, but it should not be at the expense of other artists who competed in the AI-generated category.” .

A year ago, German artist Boris Eldagsen caused a stir after winning the Sony World Photography Award with an AI-generated image. picture. Eldagsen defended his decision to place the sculpture in the “creatively open” category, arguing that its creation was a complex undertaking.

The jury of that competition said at the time that they understood that the photo was taken with the help of artificial intelligence. When it turned out that it was a completely artificial creation, the entry was still disqualified.

“If the number of photo manipulations continues to increase, it will become harder to keep track of what is real and what is not,” said Miles Astray in The Guardian. “I do not condemn technology, because I cannot live the life I live without it. But I think it is a double-edged sword: technology can do both good and evil.”