a bit different ;-)

Eine andere Brennweite, aber ansonsten sehr repektabel!

Not really. It is more like a collage but I certainly like this result.
My other attempts at image creation with different subjects are abandoned as the results are of no interest.

Now let’s use this image to discuss whether there should be a requirement to label AI-generated images. In this case it is clear from the description that the image was created by AI. But what if Colin had posted this image without the description and the title said that the image shows the ferry terminal next to the Lochalsh Hotel?

In my view such a use of AI would be misleading as this image might be very similar to the real situation at this place at a certain time in the past. However, it still does not qualify as a documentation of a real scene as there are also significant differences to the historic reality at this place.

Therefore in my view it is perfectly o.k. to post such an image on ipernity, but it should be clearly labeld as AI-generated in order to prevent the misperception that the image is a documentation of the reality.

I think I agree. I don’t feel I would be able to post this without explaining it is not a real record of the scene. It says a lot about me, almost all of my photos are about something real a bird, a landscape or some kind of reportage rather than a more creative art.
I am sure others will have something to say.

Yes, because even small changes will influence the future representation, and not just to humans.

AI created the image by scraping the internet through millions and millions of labelled real images - what is to stop AI now believing its own image is a legitimate representation of the facts, and thus in future iterations perpetuating its own inaccuracies.

This is NOT an Ipernity question - it is a general issue for AI and the future. As we fill the internet with images / music / songs / articles that are AI generated, that will influence future AI iterations, will we as humans lose control of recording what was true and real...

Yes and as has often been the case with too many internet based technologies all these AI systems launched and released without any thought of the possible, no likely illegal uses let alone just the basic confusion and mis-information they are creating. We need to protect what is real so I off to take more Landscape photos. Also looking forward to seeing the results from the 2 rolls of film I have just used but I wonder if the processing lab use AI !!!