You think AI is ruining photography? It's about to get worse

'AI is destroying photography' is a headline that has been written many times recently, and all of that is centred around generative AI. I think the headlines are correct, I think AI IS destroying photography. But I think that all of the chat around generative AI is totally missing the point.... ‪@IAmMarkManson‬ video -    • How AI is Destroying Your Brain   ChatGPT Lawyer case - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-c... (there are a lot of other cases of this happening as well as this one!) Hasselblad Masters Finalists AI entry - https://petapixel.com/2026/05/18/ai-g... Sign up to my newsletter - https://www.rickbebbington.com/ Presets - https://www.rickbebbington.com/shop If you feel stuck in your photography and don't know why, check out this free guide - https://www.rickbebbington.com/creati... If you don't know what to shoot, try this one - https://www.rickbebbington.com/notion Some stuff I use: Music is from Musicbed where you can get a 2 week free trial - https://fm.pxf.io/rickfreetrial Insta360 Ace Pro 2 - https://bit.ly/RickBebbington_AcePro2 Mist Filter - https://geni.us/6FocHaB Rope Strap - https://geni.us/BBMvGP Square Lens Hood - https://geni.us/vJev4A Canon Selphy - https://geni.us/5GvyBs Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo - https://geni.us/SOAOBd Photo wall grid - https://geni.us/Lv3Kp4 Sony FX3 - https://geni.us/7R1Utt5 DJI Pocket Go 3 - https://geni.us/cPFm Wireless Mic - https://geni.us/UdnCIWh Fujifilm X100 VI - https://geni.us/ZLBk Sony A7RV - https://tidd.ly/4iFdnln Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 ART - https://tidd.ly/3FKEoVT Voigtlander NOKTON 40mm f1.2 - https://tidd.ly/42c15Kk 35mm f1.4 - https://geni.us/cTPim 24mm f1.4 - https://geni.us/gpUR9l 0:00 - Intro 0:59 - Are you being priced out? 3:32 - The key issue right now 7:42 - What AI tells you is a problem 10:05 - What it really steals 11:58 - My use of AI 17:10 - Using it in the right way