Photographer takes on the machines in AI competition – and wins

Miles Astray subverts trend of artificial pictures muscling in on human photography, but is disqualified

Ever since the advent of generative AI, the age-old battle of man v machine has been looking decidedly one-sided. But one photographer, intent on making the case for pictures captured with the human eye, has taken the fight to his algorithm-powered rivals – and won.

Miles Astray subverted the idea of artificially generated pictures muscling in on human photography awards by submitting his own human-made …

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