A strange incident occurred when a 'real photo taken by a human' won an 'AI photo contest'
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The 1839 Awards is a photography competition that accepts professional and amateur photographs. The winner of the grand prize will receive $3,000, and winners in each category will receive international media exposure and gallery exhibitions.
The 1839 Awards had a variety of categories, including 'animal photography,' 'nature photography,' 'aerial photography,' 'nude photography,' and 'architectural photography,' and some of them were for 'AI-generated images.' Photographer Miles Astley submitted a 'real photo taken with a camera' to the AI-generated image category of the 1839 Awards. As a result, he won both the bronze award by the judges and the voting award by the general public.
Below is the photo that Astley posted to the 1839 Awards. It's a strange image that looks like a brain with legs, but this is a real photo of a flamingo scratching its stomach, not an AI image.
After posting the photo, Astray called for votes on X (formerly Twitter) and
Hey guys, I got a little big favor to ask: could you please take 10 seconds to vote for my picture FLAMINGONE via this link: https://t.co/HZTuXyVvOl pic.twitter.com/7btnwbuDXY
— Miles Astray (@MilesAstray) June 3, 2024
As a result of the judging, Astley's photo won a bronze award and also received the voting award.
After the award was announced, Astley confessed to the organizers that his work was not an AI-generated image. As a result, Astley's award was rescinded and other works were awarded the bronze and voting prizes.
Regarding photo contests and AI-generated images, in 2023, an AI-generated image was selected as the overall winner in the creative category at the Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA) , a photo contest supported by Sony, and Astley was concerned about the situation in which AI-generated images were evaluated alongside human works. In response to his photo winning the AI-generated image category, Astley said, 'We have proven that the validity of human-created content has not been lost, that humans, as interpreters of Mother Nature, can beat machines, and that creativity and emotion are not just a string of numbers.'
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In addition, Mr. Astley said that he is not dissatisfied with the withdrawal of the award and fully supports the organizers' decision. After the withdrawal of the award, Mr. Astley received a message from Lily Fierman, co-founder of the 1839 Awards, saying, 'I hope that (Mr. Astley's work winning the AI-generated image category) will bring a message of hope to many photographers who are concerned about the influence of AI.'
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