AI and Photography | Feb 23

A special presentation with photographer Rick Hulbert, FRAIC, RCA, M.ARCH – Hosted by the photo group – all College members and their partners are invited to attend.

Rick’s presentation will provide a taste of his evolving thoughts on AI’s impact on the art of photography.

The following 3 opinions highlight the controversy:

Cole Haddon writes, “AI – as artists currently discuss it --  is not genuinely artificial intelligence. It’s not sentient . . . All it can do is take your prompts, pillage public domain and copyrighted material from across the Internet, and then piece it together in what appears to be original ways, but is, in fact, wide-scale theft.”

Deepak Chopra writes, “AI’s role is to make access to infinite possibilities a universal gift, through vast computing ability, machine learning, and superhuman speed... But it takes human intelligence to actually have the experience, to want it, to benefit from it personally. . . The future belongs to users who can sort out potential deception and dismantle it.”

Antti Karppinen writes,  “It’s a blessing and a curse in one nifty package.”

Speaker Biography  

Rick Hulbert’s photography is informed from his 4-decade background as a Professional Architect and Urban Designer. He is an Academician of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and a “Fellow" of The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. As an international award-winning photographer, Rick is currently an instructor of photography at Simon Fraser University and has lectured and taught at Langara College and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He has led multi-day photo-workshops throughout Europe and North America. His teachings reflect his knowledge of the History of the 2-Dimensional Arts of Drawing and Painting along with the Sciences of Human Vision. Rick was one of only 2 photographers from North America invited to attend and display his Fine Art Photography at the World Art Games held in Bratislava, Slovakia where he also addressed the global group of artists that participated.

To learn more about Rick and his photography, consider viewing his website: https://www.rickhulbertphotography.com

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Check out the Photo Group’s Flickr account to view photos from their last meeting.