Real or AI?
You are the Jury. Identify the AI-generated artwork.
"The Impossible Happened."
You selected the flamingo. It looks surreal, headless, almost too perfect in its weirdness. It won the AI Art Category at the 1839 Awards.
"I deliberately chose a picture that is so surreal... it could easily be attributed to AI being at play."
— Miles Astray
It's a Real Photo.
Photographer Miles Astray took this photo in Aruba in 2022. A flamingo scratching its belly, hiding its head.
He entered it into a major AI art competition to prove a point: Nature can still beat the machine.
"Human-made content has not lost its relevance."
The art world was in an AI cold war. Artists feared their skills were being devalued by code.
Miles submitted "FLAMINGONE" as a Trojan Horse. It fooled experts from The New York Times and Christie's.
He revealed the truth. He was disqualified, but the message went viral globally.
"This made my day more than any of the press articles." — Miles Astray
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