Dina Litovsky - The Problem of AI Photography is Not the Medium,

Dina Litovsky - The Problem of AI Photography is Not the Medium, It's the Message

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In this episode Barry and Mike discuss an essay by Dina Litovsky, "The Problem of AI Photography is not the Medium, It's the Message." They channel previous discussions on Susan Sontag, Andre Bizan and Jean Baudrillard to talk about the hyper-real, the role of AI in art and photography, and where the boundary between what we consider legitimate and illigitimate may be in contemporary art.

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