no they are stock people, stored in Adobe’s personwarehouse
this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2024
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“Personware” sounds like Elon’s brain implant plan
Anything taken before 2023, yes. I had a former colleague who's boyfriend was a photographer, and he took a shitload of pictures of her in various random business suites and situations, close-ups of her holding pens, mugs, papers, glasses, etc. etc. and published them on some stock portals. They don't pay a whole lot of royalties for multiple use images, but every now and then someone buys an exclusive license, meaning the picture is afterwards removed from the stock archive, and that pays several hundred bucks.
So it's really a numbers game, the more photos you dump on the platform, the better.
Anything published since last year has at least a chance to be AI generated. Should be tagged as such, but well. Should.
I was chatting with a stock photographer a while back. Apparently the most important thing is the tags that you give the photos. The best ones are abstract because you aren't competing with "hand" and "pen". If you can make your photo of a hand holding a pen fit "wistful" or "trenchant" then you have a better chance of it being seen. Making thousands of weird photos like a hammer/screwdriver/wand being held over a watermelon/plastic duck/brick by a clown/policeman/nurse and giving them abstract tags is the way to go.
Sounds like SEO >_<
Seeing this question proves that AI changes everything.
Well, no. It changes stock photos. Stock photos aren't everything.
Most photos/videos taken with recent smartphones have been AI processed as well.
I am not saying "everything" in a literal sense, but you get what I meant to say, I hope.
(I am not saying that AI is changing the speed of light, just in case you are wondering).
Yes they are.
Here's a TED talk on YouTube from "Hide the pain Herold" a guy who was in a stock photo that became a meme: https://youtu.be/FScfGU7rQaM?si=MFVrgwlJQ8DSOfVB
If the stock photos are sold in a stock photo sites that don't allow computer-generated or edited photos, then yes, they're most likely real.
Nobody is real, we are all constructs of the simulation
Bill Lastname, Cardholder
... Is also a real person, credit card companies specifically pay people to license their name for stock card shots, so that no one can sue them.
WDYM "real"?
like can you or will you able to meet them in person?
Sure. For instance, Andras Arato ("Hide the Pain Harold") regurarly interacts with his fans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3WnvDtDD2M
Also the three people from the "distracted boyfriend" meme were all stock photo models.
Don’t be upset about getting old, it beats the alternative.
I've heard people sing otherwise.