An essential investigation into the murky ethics of AI, one that calls into question the future of photography.
Artificial Intelligence is driving a fourth industrial revolution and, as The Synthetic Eye shows, the centre will not hold.
How can we believe or trust the images we are being shown? What role do photographers, the media and technology companies have in upholding the authenticity of photographs? Can synthetic imagery be utilized to enhance our understanding of our world?
A revelatory roadmap of today's image universe, The Synthetic Eye explores how Artificial Intelligence has fundamentally transformed our sense of the real, the possible and the actual. Arranged into seven distinct chapters, it interrogates AI's engagement with history, how it has changed our understanding of reality, and the positive opportunities and dystopian scenarios that lurk beneath the surface of artificially generated images.
| ISBN: | 9780500297391 |
| Publication date: | 27th February 2025 |
| Author: | Fred Ritchin |
| Publisher: | Thames and Hudson an imprint of Thames and Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 239 pages |
| Genres: |
Digital, video and new media arts Photo and image editing |
An essential investigation into the murky ethics of AI, one that calls into question the future of photography.
Artificial Intelligence is driving a fourth industrial revolution and, as The Synthetic Eye shows, the centre will not hold.
How can we believe or trust the images we are being shown? What role do photographers, the media and technology companies have in upholding the authenticity of photographs? Can synthetic imagery be utilized to enhance our understanding of our world?
A revelatory roadmap of today's image universe, The Synthetic Eye explores how Artificial Intelligence has fundamentally transformed our sense of the real, the possible and the actual. Arranged into seven distinct chapters, it interrogates AI's engagement with history, how it has changed our understanding of reality, and the positive opportunities and dystopian scenarios that lurk beneath the surface of artificially generated images.
The Synthetic Eye features in the following genres: Digital, video and new media arts, Photo and image editing
The Synthetic Eye is available in Paperback
The Synthetic Eye was written by Fred Ritchin and published by Thames and Hudson an imprint of Thames and Hudson Ltd
The Synthetic Eye has 239 pages
£18.00