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Re:Artist refuses prize after his AI image wins at top photo... by yallpendantools on Saturday April 15, 2023 @05:27PM (#35584708)
> I see no reason why editing his image with AI-assisted tools should automatically disqualify the artist, unless the contest terms prohibit that, of which I see no mention in the article.

He didn't edit an image so much as generate it. His work is closer to a digital painting (from a Wacom tablet, say), than a color-corrected, cropped, then filtered photograph. Everyone else started their process with capturing light from a camera.

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Re:Artist refuses prize after his AI image wins at top photo... by h0l0cube on Sunday April 16, 2023 @03:51AM (#35588084)
And he says as much on his own website:

> I call my images “images”. They are synthetically produced, using “the photographic” as a visual language. They are not “photographs”.

> Participating in open calls, I want to speed up the process of the Award organisers to become aware of this difference and create separate competitions for AI-generated images.

https://www.eldagsen.com/sony-world-photography-awards-2023/

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