How It All Started

Since Artificial Intelligence, or AI, finds its way into our daily lives , there was always a big fear that one day, eventually, it will take over our jobs and, worse than that, our creativity.

I, as a professional photographer, felt the same. The rapid pace of development of technology made me think that sooner or later, photography might be obsolete. To capture something, you no longer need a camera; just a simple prompt, and there you go.

This concern is not only mine; it is universal among the artist community.

So that made me think deeper.

Those thoughts led me into a research not just about AI and concerns around it , but the core meaning of creativity and art, and what it means to humans.

Why do we create in the first place? When do we call it "Art"?

Prompt "Surreal black and white oil painting style, a contemplative photographer seated behind an antique vintage camera. The camera’s lens is replaced by a luminous digital eye made of glowing code, fractal lines, and cascading pixels, radiating artificial light. The left half of the scene shows a warm, textured human world — cracked brick walls, soft candlelight, subtle brushstrokes of dust and time — while the right half dissolves into ethereal neon circuitry, holographic patterns, and abstract geometry. Painterly brush textures, chiaroscuro lighting, dramatic shadows, melancholic yet poetic atmosphere, blending realism with surreal symbolism. --ar 16:9 --v 6 --q 2 --style raw --chaos 25 --s 750" Google's Nano Banana