2025-02-04 Synthetic Photography SIG meeting notes

We met online using ZOOM 6:00pm-9:00pm

You are invited to join us on ZOOM for the "Synthetic Photography SIG". I expect that this will be a controversial SIG as the topic of AI generated art seems to polarize people into 2 camps, they either love the concept that now they can make beautiful art or they hate the idea that "unskilled" people can make better art than they can. I am sure that we will have different views, but I hope that we can get along and respect everyone's views. I want to expand the focus of the Synthetic Photography SIG to include other image editing tools and techniques while maintaining our main focus on AI tools and techniques.

"I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It" - Evelyn Beatrice Hall (not Voltaire)

ATTENDEES
Mike Barry
Mark Bolles
Judy Cannon
Jim Fellion
Jim Limburg
Jack Lipscomb
Albert Wang

1. Jim Limburg demonstrated Stable Diffusion with the DiffusionBee user interface running on his Mac.

2. We discussed DeepSeek and How to tell the difference between truth and fiction.

Here are ChatGPT's suggestions for judging fact or fiction:
1. Logical and Mathematical Statements
Use rules of logic (e.g., if A → B and A is true, then B must be true). Apply mathematical proof techniques (e.g., direct proof, contradiction, induction). Check calculations and known theorems.
2. Factual Statements
Verify using reliable sources (e.g., books, academic papers, reputable websites). Cross-check with multiple sources to ensure accuracy. Consider expert opinions and empirical evidence.
3. Scientific Statements
Use experimentation and observation (e.g., testing a hypothesis). Check if the statement aligns with established scientific theories. Ensure peer-reviewed studies support the claim.
4. Personal or Subjective Statements
If a statement expresses an opinion, belief, or feeling, it is not objectively true or false (e.g., "Chocolate is the best ice cream flavor"). Consider whether it’s a matter of perspective or preference.
5. Legal or Ethical Statements
Check if laws or ethical codes support the claim. Consider different legal interpretations or ethical viewpoints.
6. News or Media Claims
Evaluate the credibility of the source. Look for biases, misinterpretations, or misinformation. Fact-check using reputable organizations (e.g., Snopes, FactCheck.org).

3. I would like everyone to create something interesting or beautiful for the next Synthetic Photography SIG meeting. You might want to create a caricature of one of Mark's cars, or any Sports Mod type car.

4. If you aren't already using ChatGPT, try it out, and bring something to the next meeting.

RESOURCES (Where you can find sources of inspiration)

How to Detect Text Written by ChatGPT and Other AI Tools

AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT SYNTHETIC PHOTOGRAPHY SIG MEETING - Tue 3/4/2025 @6:00pm
1. Discuss images that we created with AI or editing tools.
2. Discuss ChatGPT and what you created with it.
3. Discuss questions, ethics, techniques, what is happening with AI in general
4. Decide what we want to do at the next meeting

Please email Mike, info@fcdcc.com, when you find mistakes, missing information or if you have suggestions for the Synthetic Photography SIG and I will try to address the issues.