TTG spells out in detail
what is elsewhere explained only vaguely

In all of the fuss about a world-changing technology like AIFI, it is easy to call for new standards without bothering to spell out any details of how those standards would actually work.

For example, a prominent AIFI advocate recently suggested dividing still images into three categories —“Authentic,” “Manipulated,” and “Generated” — even using a “traffic light”-like symbol to denote which of the three terms applied to a particular image.

But who would define those terms?

• Since every photograph undergoes some “manipulations” before the photographer even sees the photo on the screen in their hand, what’s the difference between an “authentic” photo and a “manipulated” one?

• If an image starts as a photograph and then is aigmented with AIFI — as more and more smartphone photos are aigmented every day — is it a “manipulated” image or a “generated” one?

To counter such ambiguity, TTG spells out in detail the definitions for all relevant imaging terms used on this website—

— and explains the reasoning behind important definitions, as is done here.

See also FAQ #10 and see this brief