There is little doubt that A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) is having a profound (and growing) influence on our lives and our society with great concerns about it’s use and more particularly its abuse! Like any tool or new technology, there are trade offs between positive and negative effects dependent on the motives of those using the technology. It’s always been that way! A can of petrol can power a car and get us from point A to point B, or it […]
The Clarke family: The mystery that never was. As reported on Petapixel (and elsewhere) large numbers of people were completely fooled by the story of a family that supposedly vanished only to be uncovered later entombed in a makeshift brick structure. The story was entirely fictional being generated, complete with convincing “photographs”, by artificial intelligence. From Petapixel – AI image of Clarke family fools internet I see so many people uncritically parroting nonsense online, it is so easy to […]
Photographed in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India, the unmistakable peacock. These birds were seen frequently throughout the park with numerous males seen proudly displaying their magnificent tail feathers. Although these birds are generally seen on the ground, at one point we sighted one perched high in a tree. We stopped and waited in hope that the bird might take off from the branch and provide us with a somewhat rare flight shot. Alas, it was content to survey […]