I just ran into an idea presented at the recent FotoFocus Symposium in Cincinnati. The main idea was that, increasingly, photography is created by machines and viewed by machines and that the subjects are judged by machines.
See:
- Artists Gathered at the Fotofocus Biennial to Debate How Tech Is Changing Photography. The Conversation Got Truly Terrifying
- AutoUpdate: Photography in the Electronic Age the exhibition (September 14–November 16, 2019)
- Symposium video will be posted.