Comments on: Barcelona’s Whimsical Wonders – Where Gaudi’s Wildest Dreams and Tapas Galore Collide!/2023/05/30/barcelonas-whimsical-wonders-where-gaudis-wildest-dreams-and-tapas-galore-collide/Reflections on places traveled and photos taken.Wed, 31 May 2023 19:28:59 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: photobyjohnbo/2023/05/30/barcelonas-whimsical-wonders-where-gaudis-wildest-dreams-and-tapas-galore-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-34407Wed, 31 May 2023 19:28:59 +0000http://photobyjohnbo.wordpress.com/?p=20162#comment-34407In reply to Leya.

I am glad to be out of the education business as well, Ann-Christine… at least professionally.

Our tour guide said that there are rumors that they will finish the cathedral in 2026 based upon plans being made for potential celebrations, etc. We’ll see.

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By: photobyjohnbo/2023/05/30/barcelonas-whimsical-wonders-where-gaudis-wildest-dreams-and-tapas-galore-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-34405Wed, 31 May 2023 19:23:43 +0000http://photobyjohnbo.wordpress.com/?p=20162#comment-34405In reply to Paul.

I can’t disagree with you, Paul. I know of several issues, the lawyer who got in trouble, the professor who asked ChatGPT if the themes students submitted were written by the program. The program lied and took full credit. No doubt some had probably used the tool, but some could prove they did not. The professor had to give everyone credit.
With Generative Fill AI in Photoshop and other similar AI tools, we are going to have the same issues in photography.
It’s up to the creator to be true to the work. I have been known to use sky replacement, for example, but I always “fess up” when I do. That’s professional integrity, something that seems to be lacking these days in many professions.
I’ve had my fun, written three posts using the tool just to see what it was all about. It’s not trustworthy enough to use it for fact checking, so I’ll be moving back to my own brand of writing (however good or bad that may be) before the end of June. 🙂

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By: Leya/2023/05/30/barcelonas-whimsical-wonders-where-gaudis-wildest-dreams-and-tapas-galore-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-34402Wed, 31 May 2023 19:00:56 +0000http://photobyjohnbo.wordpress.com/?p=20162#comment-34402Fun experiment and lovely shots, John. Interesting to see what this “thing” can do. Loved your Gothic lane and I plan to return when (if) the cathedral is finished. I am glad I left my teaching job before this AI thing. As I was a Swedish teacher, writing is close to my heart.

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By: Paul/2023/05/30/barcelonas-whimsical-wonders-where-gaudis-wildest-dreams-and-tapas-galore-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-34395Wed, 31 May 2023 15:53:17 +0000http://photobyjohnbo.wordpress.com/?p=20162#comment-34395I must say that, having just returned from Barcelona, my interest was peaked by your mention of that wonderful city, while your mention of AI struck a nerve.
I particularly like the photo of the narrow street of El Gotic. Wandering those streets was one of my favorite things to do.

AI? Maybe I’m just being an old ‘get off my lawn’ guy but I think it’s one of the worst things since ____ (fill in the blank). It’s a tool for the plagiarist, the lazy and the unimaginative (and this is NOT meant to be a reflection on your use of AI as you were doing it as at experiment).

I first heard about it when an acquaintance told me he’d written a children’s book and then owned up to the fact that it was in fact written by ChatGPT. That told me all I needed to know.

I suppose that the response to my criticism is that it’s one of those innovations that can be a boon but is being misused. Well, maybe there are some innovations that shouldn’t be developed.

Just ask the New York attorney who relied on ChatGPT to research prior cases in a lawsuit against Avianca and found, to his dismay, that the case law cited was all bogus. Or the tech geeks who warned that AI could lead to extinction. It most certainly will lead to the extinction of some jobs.

Remember the old commercial, “Is it live, or is it Memorex?” We’re going to be returning to that question, times a thousand. Did Scotty Pippen really say that Michael Jordan was a terrible basketball player or was it AI (not Allen Iverson)? I can hardly wait till the 2024 presidential election.

Okay. I apologize for the long missive.

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By: photobyjohnbo/2023/05/30/barcelonas-whimsical-wonders-where-gaudis-wildest-dreams-and-tapas-galore-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-34393Wed, 31 May 2023 13:20:02 +0000http://photobyjohnbo.wordpress.com/?p=20162#comment-34393In reply to Diana.

I don’t plan to turn my writing over to AI anytime soon, but I am intrigued by the range of abilities of this tool. Two more experiments follow on the next two Tuesdays.
Thanks for your comment!

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By: Diana/2023/05/30/barcelonas-whimsical-wonders-where-gaudis-wildest-dreams-and-tapas-galore-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-34391Wed, 31 May 2023 12:58:58 +0000http://photobyjohnbo.wordpress.com/?p=20162#comment-34391Well since I know what your posts are usually like, I can tell this was written by AI… but I can see how it might be difficult to tell if I’d just stumbled across this article randomly. An interesting experiment.

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By: photobyjohnbo/2023/05/30/barcelonas-whimsical-wonders-where-gaudis-wildest-dreams-and-tapas-galore-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-34380Wed, 31 May 2023 02:42:00 +0000http://photobyjohnbo.wordpress.com/?p=20162#comment-34380]]>In reply to DeWetsWild.

Thank you! ChatGPT won’t replace me for long. Bear with me for a couple more Travel Tuesdays as I share some experiments with the technology. Next week, it is poetry time as I share a reworked photo. ☺️

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By: DeWetsWild/2023/05/30/barcelonas-whimsical-wonders-where-gaudis-wildest-dreams-and-tapas-galore-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-34379Wed, 31 May 2023 02:26:09 +0000http://photobyjohnbo.wordpress.com/?p=20162#comment-34379I loved the photographs, John – the cathedral is an immense structure! – but I sorely missed your writing style. There’s just one Johnbo and ChatGPT does a poor imitation of him (even if it knows when to use is or are better than I do)!

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By: photobyjohnbo/2023/05/30/barcelonas-whimsical-wonders-where-gaudis-wildest-dreams-and-tapas-galore-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-34374Tue, 30 May 2023 20:58:29 +0000http://photobyjohnbo.wordpress.com/?p=20162#comment-34374In reply to Amy.

Thanks, Amy! I think you are right about photography… good or bad. Glad I don’t have to make a living off my photos. >grin<

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By: Amy/2023/05/30/barcelonas-whimsical-wonders-where-gaudis-wildest-dreams-and-tapas-galore-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-34372Tue, 30 May 2023 20:41:21 +0000http://photobyjohnbo.wordpress.com/?p=20162#comment-34372Great photos, John! Appreciate you show us what AI can do for writing stories. Amazing, indeed.
Maybe, AI will do photographing for us in the near future. 🙂

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