Dear darktable devs, I am not sure how well this will be received, but I have a proposal. Probably everyone knows that AI and particularly generative AI is taking the world by storm. Adobe and many other Raw developers embed it into their products.
One of the great things about darktable is that it does not offer any AI tools. This is amazing because people can use it as a product without supporting AI (simply using AI is supporting its development). I was wondering what the devs thought about this? My thinking is that AI takes us out of the realm of free-functioning creativity by making creative decisions for us. It's a mechanization of photography and it ultimately harms it. So, IF you agree with this, I was wondering if the darktable team would like to make a stand with me against AI, by stating that darktable will not use AI in the future, or offer any AI tools? I know this email may seem rather strange to all of you but I think AI poses a real danger to humanity. I am creating a sort of informal coalition of artists and people who do not use AI. I have a YouTube channel and I already put "AI Free" on my YouTube channel. I attached an example of the button I created in Inkscape for this and I provided an SVG for some ideas. I know this sounds rather radical, and I am not trying to force anything on anyone. Everyone has to make their own choice about AI..... Again, I know I'm a bit strange but please at least consider this message. The more people that actively advocate against AI, the better. So, IF anyone reading this has any qualms about AI and there is some sort of consensus, please consider my proposal. Thanks, Jason Polak -- A long time darktable user and person who loves photography, "human style" ___________________________________________________________________________ darktable developer mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
