329. What about talk that AIFI will mean the death of photography?

That will never happen, because by definition AI-fabricated imaging can never do what photography does better than any other medium, that is:

to visually record — in a fraction of a second and in precise detail — “what one person saw, in one small corner of the world, at one unrepeatable moment in time.” (Quoted from “D” in FAQ #120)

Why does that capability matter?

It matters because most of the billions of photographs made every day are created to serve as some sort of record (“This is where I was and what I saw”).

Of course, for the millions of photographs that are not intended to serve as records, AIFI is already a much-appreciated addition to the post-exposure toolset. (See “B” in FAQ #330.)

See also FAQ #104 (“TTG is the largest area of the photography world where photography will never be displaced by AIFI”).